From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   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.   
      
   Of course with more complex programs (rsync, rpm) where there are 20   
   pages of options, finding what you need can be pretty tedious.   
      
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   > Daniel   
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