PRM(1)                  NetBSD General Commands Manual                  PRM(1)

NAME
     prm -- delete a file or files on a cluster of machines

SYNOPSIS
     prm [-dfrPRW] [-g nodegroup1,...,nodegroupN] [-w node1,...,nodeN]
         [-x node1,...,nodeN] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     The prm utility can be used to delete files or directories on a cluster
     of machines.  The following options are available:

     -d   Attempt to remove directories as well as other types of files.

     -f   Attempt to remove the files without prompting for confirmation,
          regardless of the file's permissions.  If the file does not exist,
          do not display a diagnostic message or modify the exit status to
          reflect an error.

     -P   Overwrite regular files before deleting them.  Files are overwritten
          three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff, then 0x00, and then
          0xff again, before they are deleted.

     -R   Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument.
          The -R option implies the -d option.

     -r   Equivalent to -R.

     -W   Attempts to undelete the named files.  Currently, this option can
          only be used to recover files covered by whiteouts.

     -g   If the -g option is specified, followed by a comma separated list of
          group names, the command will only be run on that group of nodes.  A
          node may be a part of more than one group if desired, however run-
          ning without the -g option will run the command on the same node as
          many times as it appears in the file specified by the CLUSTER envi-
          ronment variable.  This option is silently ignored if used with the
          -w option.

     -w   If the -w option is specified, followed by a comma delimited list of
          machine names, the command will be run on each node in the list.
          Without this flag, prm runs on the nodes listed in the file pointed
          to by the CLUSTER environment variable.

     -x   The -x option can be used to exclude specific nodes from the clus-
          ter.  The format is the same as the -w option, a comma delimited
          list of machine names.  This option is silently ignored if used with
          the -w option.

ENVIRONMENT
     prm utilizes the following environment variables.

     CLUSTER   Contains a filename, which is a newline separated list of nodes
               in the cluster.

     RCMD_CMD  Command to use to connect to remote machines.  The command cho-
               sen must be able to connect with no password to the remote
               host.  Defaults to rsh

DIAGNOSTICS
     Exit status is 0 on success, 1 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     dsh(1), rm(1), rsh(1), kerberos(3), hosts.equiv(5), rhosts(5)

HISTORY
     The prm command appeared in clusterit 1.0. It is based on the prm command
     in IBM PSSP.

AUTHOR
     Prm was written by Tim Rightnour.

BUGS
     Some of the more advanced options, like the -P option, may not be avail-
     able in some versions of rm(1).  Consult the rm(1) manpage on the remote
     host if you have problems.

NetBSD 4.0_BETA2               January 14, 2000               NetBSD 4.0_BETA2
