Software Category: system
Supported by: ACS
You can remove or erase files from your disk space on RCS.
To remove a file, enter the following command at a UNIX prompt:
rm filename
rm stands for remove.
There is an on line manaul page on rm. To read it, enter the command man rm at a UNIX prompt.
For general information about working with files, refer to Memo RPI.113, Using UNIX: The Rensselaer Computing System (RCS).
Be extremely careful if you use wildcards (*) with the rm command. You could accidentally remove more files than you want to.
If you delete a file and realize that you want the file back, you can look in your yesterday directory for it. In your home directory or /locker or /dept directory, change to the yesterday directory:
cd yesterday
Here you will find a complete copy of your work. Your files are backed up every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6 a.m., so you might be able to find a version of the file that you can use.
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