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From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: More categories for aliases (was Re: something or other)
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Date: 1 Jun 88 21:23:08 GMT
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>>"-f" is NOT a default for rm.
> 
>    It is on our system (which runs Ultrix 2.0). Actually, from what I've heard
> on the net, "-f" is indeed the default for rm on most Unix-based systems. At

On Ultrix 2.2, "-f" is most certainly NOT the default (neither is "-i").  The
difference between -f and the default is that in the default case, "rm" will
ask "OK to override mode xxx" (or something like that) if you don't have write
permission for the file in question, whereas "rm -f" doesn't do that check.

Mike Khaw
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