Aliases: safe-rmdir(8)
aaa_base
openSUSE Base Package
NAME
safe-rm - delete files a bit more safely
safe-rmdir - delete empty directories a bit more safely
safe-rmdir - delete empty directories a bit more safely
SYNOPSIS
safe-rm /path/to/file
safe-rmdir /path/to/directory
safe-rmdir /path/to/directory
DESCRIPTION
| safe-rm deletes files specified with an absolute path | |
| name. Files specified with symbolic links in the path name will not be erased. | |
| safe-rmdir deletes directories specified with an absolute | |
| path name. Directories specified with symbolic links in the path name will not be erased. | |
RETURNS
safe-rm and safe-rmdir returns a non zero return code when it can not erase the file safely.
NOTE
These commands are used by the system cleanup cron jobs.
AUTHOR
SuSE Linux AG
