safe-rm(8)

NAME

safe-rm - delete files a bit more safely
safe-rmdir - delete empty directories a bit more safely

safe-rm /path/to/file
safe-rmdir /path/to/directory

safe-rm deletes files specified with an absolute path: name. Files specified with symbolic links in the
path name will not be erased.
safe-rmdir deletes directories specified with an absolute: path name. Directories specified with symbolic
links in the path name will not be erased.

safe-rm and safe-rmdir returns a non zero return code when it can not erase the file safely.

These commands are used by the system cleanup cron jobs.