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Re: What is the difference between unlink and rm -f?
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Bernhard Voelker |
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Re: What is the difference between unlink and rm -f? |
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Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:39:11 +0100 |
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On 1/29/20 10:45 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
It seems to me unlink and rm -f are the same if the goal is the delete
files. When are they different? Thanks.
Others have already answered, so I just want to mention the following
difference from a user's point of view:
Besides options to work with directories and directory hierarchies,
(-r, -d, -x), rm(1) supports more options which may be quite useful:
- the -i/-I/--interactive=WHEN family for prompting,
- the -v option to explain what is being done.
Have a nice day,
Berny