On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 02:28:54PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> Speaking of the first sentence of rm(1):
>
> Remove extraneous word from command description
>
> "non-directory files" reads more naturally and means the same thing as
> "non-directory type files".
>
true.
i wonder if it was originally an attempt to not quote posix
(or posix attempting to not quote bsd). posix refers to removing
"directory entries", which seems more natural.
regardless, rm can remove both directory entries/non-directory type
files as well as directories. although by default it does not remove
directories, i wonder if we could just say:
The
.Nm
utility
attempts to remove any files specified on the command line.
and NAME could be:
- rm - remove directory entries
+ rm - remove files
but maybe that is unixical heresy?
jmc
> diff --git a/bin/rm/rm.1 b/bin/rm/rm.1
> index a2526a36392..1be2bf31913 100644
> --- a/bin/rm/rm.1
> +++ b/bin/rm/rm.1
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
> .Sh DESCRIPTION
> The
> .Nm
> -utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files specified on the
> +utility attempts to remove the non-directory files specified on the
> command line.
> If the permissions of the file do not permit writing, and the standard
> input device is a terminal, the user is prompted (on the standard error
>
