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1 /* 'rm' file deletion utility for GNU.
2 Copyright (C) 1988-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Initially written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, and Richard Stallman.
18 Reworked to use chdir and avoid recursion, and later, rewritten
19 once again, to use fts, by Jim Meyering. */
21 #include <config.h>
22 #include <stdio.h>
23 #include <getopt.h>
24 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #include "system.h"
27 #include "argmatch.h"
28 #include "assure.h"
29 #include "remove.h"
30 #include "root-dev-ino.h"
31 #include "yesno.h"
32 #include "priv-set.h"
34 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
35 #define PROGRAM_NAME "rm"
37 #define AUTHORS \
38 proper_name ("Paul Rubin"), \
39 proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
40 proper_name ("Richard M. Stallman"), \
41 proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
43 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
44 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
45 enum
47 INTERACTIVE_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
48 ONE_FILE_SYSTEM,
49 NO_PRESERVE_ROOT,
50 PRESERVE_ROOT,
51 PRESUME_INPUT_TTY_OPTION
54 enum interactive_type
56 interactive_never, /* 0: no option or --interactive=never */
57 interactive_once, /* 1: -I or --interactive=once */
58 interactive_always /* 2: default, -i or --interactive=always */
61 static struct option const long_opts[] =
63 {"force", no_argument, nullptr, 'f'},
64 {"interactive", optional_argument, nullptr, INTERACTIVE_OPTION},
66 {"one-file-system", no_argument, nullptr, ONE_FILE_SYSTEM},
67 {"no-preserve-root", no_argument, nullptr, NO_PRESERVE_ROOT},
68 {"preserve-root", optional_argument, nullptr, PRESERVE_ROOT},
70 /* This is solely for testing. Do not document. */
71 /* It is relatively difficult to ensure that there is a tty on stdin.
72 Since rm acts differently depending on that, without this option,
73 it'd be harder to test the parts of rm that depend on that setting. */
74 {"-presume-input-tty", no_argument, nullptr, PRESUME_INPUT_TTY_OPTION},
76 {"recursive", no_argument, nullptr, 'r'},
77 {"dir", no_argument, nullptr, 'd'},
78 {"verbose", no_argument, nullptr, 'v'},
79 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
80 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
81 {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
84 static char const *const interactive_args[] =
86 "never", "no", "none",
87 "once",
88 "always", "yes", nullptr
90 static enum interactive_type const interactive_types[] =
92 interactive_never, interactive_never, interactive_never,
93 interactive_once,
94 interactive_always, interactive_always
96 ARGMATCH_VERIFY (interactive_args, interactive_types);
98 /* Advise the user about invalid usages like "rm -foo" if the file
99 "-foo" exists, assuming ARGC and ARGV are as with 'main'. */
101 static void
102 diagnose_leading_hyphen (int argc, char **argv)
104 /* OPTIND is unreliable, so iterate through the arguments looking
105 for a file name that looks like an option. */
107 for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
109 char const *arg = argv[i];
110 struct stat st;
112 if (arg[0] == '-' && arg[1] && lstat (arg, &st) == 0)
114 fprintf (stderr,
115 _("Try '%s ./%s' to remove the file %s.\n"),
116 argv[0],
117 quotearg_n_style (1, shell_escape_quoting_style, arg),
118 quoteaf (arg));
119 break;
124 void
125 usage (int status)
127 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
128 emit_try_help ();
129 else
131 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n"), program_name);
132 fputs (_("\
133 Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).\n\
135 -f, --force ignore nonexistent files and arguments, never prompt\n\
136 -i prompt before every removal\n\
137 "), stdout);
138 fputs (_("\
139 -I prompt once before removing more than three files, or\n\
140 when removing recursively; less intrusive than -i,\n\
141 while still giving protection against most mistakes\n\
142 --interactive[=WHEN] prompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or\n\
143 always (-i); without WHEN, prompt always\n\
144 "), stdout);
145 fputs (_("\
146 --one-file-system when removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any\n\
147 directory that is on a file system different from\n\
148 that of the corresponding command line argument\n\
149 "), stdout);
150 fputs (_("\
151 --no-preserve-root do not treat '/' specially\n\
152 --preserve-root[=all] do not remove '/' (default);\n\
153 with 'all', reject any command line argument\n\
154 on a separate device from its parent\n\
155 "), stdout);
156 fputs (_("\
157 -r, -R, --recursive remove directories and their contents recursively\n\
158 -d, --dir remove empty directories\n\
159 -v, --verbose explain what is being done\n\
160 "), stdout);
161 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
162 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
163 fputs (_("\
165 By default, rm does not remove directories. Use the --recursive (-r or -R)\n\
166 option to remove each listed directory, too, along with all of its contents.\n\
167 "), stdout);
168 fputs (_("\
170 Any attempt to remove a file whose last file name component is '.' or '..'\n\
171 is rejected with a diagnostic.\n\
172 "), stdout);
173 printf (_("\
175 To remove a file whose name starts with a '-', for example '-foo',\n\
176 use one of these commands:\n\
177 %s -- -foo\n\
179 %s ./-foo\n\
181 program_name, program_name);
182 fputs (_("\
184 If you use rm to remove a file, it might be possible to recover\n\
185 some of its contents, given sufficient expertise and/or time. For greater\n\
186 assurance that the contents are unrecoverable, consider using shred(1).\n\
187 "), stdout);
188 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME);
190 exit (status);
193 static void
194 rm_option_init (struct rm_options *x)
196 x->ignore_missing_files = false;
197 x->interactive = RMI_SOMETIMES;
198 x->one_file_system = false;
199 x->remove_empty_directories = false;
200 x->recursive = false;
201 x->root_dev_ino = nullptr;
202 x->preserve_all_root = false;
203 x->stdin_tty = isatty (STDIN_FILENO);
204 x->verbose = false;
206 /* Since this program exits immediately after calling 'rm', rm need not
207 expend unnecessary effort to preserve the initial working directory. */
208 x->require_restore_cwd = false;
212 main (int argc, char **argv)
214 bool preserve_root = true;
215 struct rm_options x;
216 bool prompt_once = false;
217 int c;
219 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
220 set_program_name (argv[0]);
221 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
222 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
223 textdomain (PACKAGE);
225 atexit (close_stdin);
227 rm_option_init (&x);
229 /* Try to disable the ability to unlink a directory. */
230 priv_set_remove_linkdir ();
232 while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "dfirvIR", long_opts, nullptr)) != -1)
234 switch (c)
236 case 'd':
237 x.remove_empty_directories = true;
238 break;
240 case 'f':
241 x.interactive = RMI_NEVER;
242 x.ignore_missing_files = true;
243 prompt_once = false;
244 break;
246 case 'i':
247 x.interactive = RMI_ALWAYS;
248 x.ignore_missing_files = false;
249 prompt_once = false;
250 break;
252 case 'I':
253 x.interactive = RMI_SOMETIMES;
254 x.ignore_missing_files = false;
255 prompt_once = true;
256 break;
258 case 'r':
259 case 'R':
260 x.recursive = true;
261 break;
263 case INTERACTIVE_OPTION:
265 int i;
266 if (optarg)
267 i = XARGMATCH ("--interactive", optarg, interactive_args,
268 interactive_types);
269 else
270 i = interactive_always;
271 switch (i)
273 case interactive_never:
274 x.interactive = RMI_NEVER;
275 prompt_once = false;
276 break;
278 case interactive_once:
279 x.interactive = RMI_SOMETIMES;
280 x.ignore_missing_files = false;
281 prompt_once = true;
282 break;
284 case interactive_always:
285 x.interactive = RMI_ALWAYS;
286 x.ignore_missing_files = false;
287 prompt_once = false;
288 break;
290 break;
293 case ONE_FILE_SYSTEM:
294 x.one_file_system = true;
295 break;
297 case NO_PRESERVE_ROOT:
298 if (! STREQ (argv[optind - 1], "--no-preserve-root"))
299 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
300 _("you may not abbreviate the --no-preserve-root option"));
301 preserve_root = false;
302 break;
304 case PRESERVE_ROOT:
305 if (optarg)
307 if STREQ (optarg, "all")
308 x.preserve_all_root = true;
309 else
310 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
311 _("unrecognized --preserve-root argument: %s"),
312 quoteaf (optarg));
314 preserve_root = true;
315 break;
317 case PRESUME_INPUT_TTY_OPTION:
318 x.stdin_tty = true;
319 break;
321 case 'v':
322 x.verbose = true;
323 break;
325 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
326 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
327 default:
328 diagnose_leading_hyphen (argc, argv);
329 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
333 if (argc <= optind)
335 if (x.ignore_missing_files)
336 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
337 else
339 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
340 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
344 if (x.recursive && preserve_root)
346 static struct dev_ino dev_ino_buf;
347 x.root_dev_ino = get_root_dev_ino (&dev_ino_buf);
348 if (x.root_dev_ino == nullptr)
349 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("failed to get attributes of %s"),
350 quoteaf ("/"));
353 uintmax_t n_files = argc - optind;
354 char **file = argv + optind;
356 if (prompt_once && (x.recursive || 3 < n_files))
358 fprintf (stderr,
359 (x.recursive
360 ? ngettext ("%s: remove %ju argument recursively? ",
361 "%s: remove %ju arguments recursively? ",
362 select_plural (n_files))
363 : ngettext ("%s: remove %ju argument? ",
364 "%s: remove %ju arguments? ",
365 select_plural (n_files))),
366 program_name, n_files);
367 if (!yesno ())
368 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
371 enum RM_status status = rm (file, &x);
372 affirm (VALID_STATUS (status));
373 return status == RM_ERROR ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS;