From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   unruh wrote:   
   > On 2013-03-23, Daniel47@teranews.com  wrote:   
   >> unruh wrote:   
   >>> On 2013-03-16, Maurice Batey  wrote:   
   >>>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:37:09 +0000, unruh wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> man rm is very straightforward (compared to some man pages). It   
   >>>>> simply lists the options.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>     I think what Daniel's problem is that 'man xx' (as you say) usually   
   >>>> "simply lists the options", as opposed to explaining how the thing works.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not sure what his problem is, but the options seemed to be exactly what   
   >>> he needed.   
   >>> -f, --force   
   >>>                 ignore nonexistent files, never prompt   
   >>>    -r, -R, --recursive   
   >>>                 remove directories and their contents recursively   
   >>>   
   >>> Of course he might have had problems with exactly what "never prompt"   
   >>> means, or what recursive means.   
   >>   
   >> Back one step further, unruh, I didn't know that I wanted rm plus -f or -r!!   
   >   
   > But that could well have been clarified has you read   
   > man rm   
   > since you would have seen -f and -r defined there ( and thus known that   
   > those existed) and seen the terse descriptions, which might have caused   
   > you to recognise that that was what you needed.   
   >   
      
   Yeap, that was clarified when I read "man rm", but not crystal clear.   
   Which is I why I came back here.   
      
   New version of SeaMonkey Beta is out, so I've got to delete what I've   
   got and install the new one, so I'll get some practise with "rm"!!   
      
   Thanks all   
      
   Daniel   
      
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