DOSRM(1)
Series 300 Only
NAME
dosrm, dosrmdir − remove DOS files or directories
SYNOPSIS
dosrm [ −fri ] device:file ...
dosrmdir device:dir ...
DESCRIPTION
Dosrm and dosrmdir are DOS counterparts of rm(1) and rmdir(1), respectively.
A DOS file name is recognized by the presence of an embedded colon (:) delimiter (see dos(4) for DOS file naming conventions).
Dosrm removes the entries for one or more files from a directory.
If a designated file is a directory, an error comment is printed (unless the optional argument −r has been used as described below).
The options are:
−f Unconditionally removes the specified file, even if the file is marked read-only.
−r Causes dosrm to recursively delete the entire contents of a directory, followed by the directory itself. Dosrm can recursively delete up to 17 levels of directories.
−i Causes dosrm to ask whether or not to delete each file. If −r is also specified, dosrm asks whether to examine each directory encountered.
Dosrmdir Removes entries for the named directories, provided they are empty.
EXAMPLES
The following examples assume that an DOS directory structure exists on the HP-UX device file /dev/dosdisc.
This example recursively combs through the DOS directory /tmp and asks if each DOS file should be removed (forced, with no file mode checks):
dosrm −irf /dev/dosdisc:/tmp
This example removes the DOS directory /users/doug:
dosrmdir sc:/users/doug
SEE ALSO
Hewlett-Packard Company — May 11, 2021