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[src/trunk]: src/bin/rm Add an EXAMPLES section to answer PR 22255



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/0f5370fc61c1
branches:  trunk
changeset: 559801:0f5370fc61c1
user:      fair <fair%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Wed Mar 24 06:55:58 2004 +0000

description:
Add an EXAMPLES section to answer PR 22255

diffstat:

 bin/rm/rm.1 |  19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (40 lines):

diff -r 614139abbc2d -r 0f5370fc61c1 bin/rm/rm.1
--- a/bin/rm/rm.1       Wed Mar 24 06:35:53 2004 +0000
+++ b/bin/rm/rm.1       Wed Mar 24 06:55:58 2004 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: rm.1,v 1.20 2004/01/11 09:40:36 wiz Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: rm.1,v 1.21 2004/03/24 06:55:58 fair Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994, 2003
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -116,6 +116,22 @@
 utility removes symbolic links, not the files referenced by the links.
 .Pp
 It is an error to attempt to remove the files ``.'' and ``..''.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Nm
+uses
+.Xr getopt 3
+standard argument processing.
+Removing filenames that begin with a dash
+.Pq e.g. Ar -file
+in the current directory which might otherwise be taken as option flags to
+.Nm
+can be accomplished as follows:
+.Pp
+.Ic "rm -- -file"
+.Pp
+or
+.Pp
+.Ic "rm ./-file"
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 The
 .Nm
@@ -132,6 +148,7 @@
 .Xr undelete 2 ,
 .Xr unlink 2 ,
 .Xr fts 3 ,
+.Xr getopt 3 ,
 .Xr symlink 7
 .Sh BUGS
 The



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