RM(1)			 HP-UX 5.0			 RM(1)

     NAME
	  rm, rmdir  - remove files or directories

     SYNOPSIS
	  rm [ -fri ] file ...

	  rmdir dir ...

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/STANDARD

	  Origin:   System V

     DESCRIPTION
	  Rm removes  the  entries  for	 one  or  more	files  from  a
	  directory.   If  an entry was the last link to the file, the
	  file	is  destroyed.	 Removal  of  a	 file  requires	 write
	  permission  in  its  directory,  but	neither read nor write
	  permission on the file itself.

	  If a file has no write permission and the standard input  is
	  a  terminal,	its permissions are printed and a line is read
	  from the standard input.  If that line  begins  with	y  the
	  file	is  deleted, otherwise the file remains.  No questions
	  are asked when the -f option is given	 or  if	 the  standard
	  input is not a terminal.

	  If a designated file is a directory,	an  error  comment  is
	  printed  unless  the optional argument -r has been used.  In
	  that case, rm recursively deletes the entire contents of the
	  specified  directory,	 and the directory itself.  (Note that
	  rm can recursively remove a maximum of 17 directory levels.)

	  If the -i (interactive) option is in effect, rm asks whether
	  to  delete each file, and, under -r, whether to examine each
	  directory.

	  Rmdir removes entries for the named directories, which  must
	  be  empty and have execute permission for the user trying to
	  remove them.

     SEE ALSO
	  unlink(2).

     DIAGNOSTICS
	  Generally self-explanatory.  It is forbidden to  remove  the
	  file	..  merely  to avoid the consequences of inadvertently
	  doing something like:

	       rm -r .*