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Typo in rm(1)

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: bug-coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Typo in rm(1)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 11:16:02 +0100

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rm(1) has a synopsis in which "FILE…" is a mandatory argument; the info
page (correctly) has it optional. (Alternatively, you could add a separate
synopsis line for -f, which seems to be the only flag that makes the FILE
argument optional.)

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Message #10 received at 18187-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 18187-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18187: Typo in rm(1)
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:47:49 +0100

On 08/04/2014 11:16 AM, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> rm(1) has a synopsis in which "FILE…" is a mandatory argument; the info
> page (correctly) has it optional. (Alternatively, you could add a separate
> synopsis line for -f, which seems to be the only flag that makes the FILE
> argument optional.)

Pushed that fix in your name at:
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=9bcc6261

thanks,
Pádraig.

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