FASTRM(1) InterNetNews Documentation FASTRM(1) (NAME) fastrm - (SYNOPSIS) fastrm [-de] [-c|-cI] [-s|-sM] [-u|-uN] base-directory (DESCRIPTION) fastrm API . API SMcancel() . fastrm . (publicly writable) . base-directory . base-directory ( "." ".." ). fastrm "| xargs rm" . fastrm chdir(2) unlink(2) . (directory lookups) . fastrm unlink(2) . fastrm (root) stat(2) . ( root unlink .) API fastrm -- find(1) . ( "| xargs rm" .) (caching) API . / ( ). ( ) . . (OPTIONS) -c[I] chdir(2) fastrm . unlink I fastrm unlink . ( ) . I -c -c1 fastrm unlink(2) chdir . -c3 . -c0 fastrm chdir(2) . -d . . : fastrm unlink unlink(2) "/" ( ) unlink(2) "Token" API . -e . fastrm sort(1) sort fastrm . -s[M] -s M fastrm unlink . (per- process directory cache) . M -s -s5 . fastrm . fastrm unlink(2) readdir(3) . ( ). . -u[N] (symbolic link) . fastrm chdir(2) "../.." chdir(2) . ( news spool ) . -u fastrm N ".." . N -u -u1 . . fastrm -a -r "fastrm -usa" "fastrm -usr" "fastrm -user" . . (EXIT STATUS) fastrm . . (EXAMPLES) fastrm INN expirerm(8) : fastrm -e < expire.list -s : fastrm -d -s -e -u < expire.list : fastrm -e -u3 < expire.list readdir(2) unlink(2) . expirerm(8) fastrm . (WARNINGS) fastrm chdir(2) . (world-writable) . (NOTES) fastrm INN . fastrm INN . (HISTORY) fastrm . Russ Allbery POD InterNetNews . (SEE ALSO) expirerm(8). INN 2.7.4 2026-06-12 FASTRM(1)