Same patch, but printing is done after succesfull removal.
Comments from ray have been taken into account.

Index: rm.1
================================================== =================
RCS file: /space/release/cvs/src/bin/rm/rm.1,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 rm.1
--- rm.1 14 Jun 2005 19:15:35 -0000 1.25
+++ rm.1 29 Jun 2006 13:10:42 -0000
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rm
.Op Fl f | Fl i
-.Op Fl dPRr
+.Op Fl dPRrv
.Ar file Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
.It Fl r
Equivalent to
.Fl R .
+.It Fl v
+Print each file path after successful removal. Useful when removing large
+directories.
.El
.Pp
The
Index: rm.c
================================================== =================
RCS file: /space/release/cvs/src/bin/rm/rm.c,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.20 rm.c
--- rm.c 21 Mar 2006 20:28:52 -0000 1.20
+++ rm.c 29 Jun 2006 13:11:30 -0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@

extern char *__progname;

-int dflag, eval, fflag, iflag, Pflag, stdin_ok;
+int dflag, eval, fflag, iflag, Pflag, vflag, stdin_ok;

int check(char *, char *, struct stat *);
void checkdot(char **);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");

Pflag = rflag = 0;
- while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "dfiPRr")) != -1)
+ while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "dfiPRrv")) != -1)
switch(ch) {
case 'd':
dflag = 1;
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
case 'r': /* Compatibility. */
rflag = 1;
break;
+ case 'v':
+ vflag = 1;
+ break;
default:
usage();
}
@@ -208,8 +211,11 @@
case FTS_DP:
case FTS_DNR:
if (!rmdir(p->fts_accpath) ||
- (fflag && errno == ENOENT))
+ (fflag && errno == ENOENT)) {
+ if (vflag && errno != ENOENT)
+ printf("%s\n", p->fts_path);
continue;
+ }
break;

default:
@@ -217,8 +223,11 @@
if (!rm_overwrite(p->fts_accpath, NULL))
continue;
if (!unlink(p->fts_accpath) ||
- (fflag && errno == ENOENT))
+ (fflag && errno == ENOENT)) {
+ if (vflag && errno != ENOENT)
+ printf("%s\n", p->fts_path);
continue;
+ }
}
warn("%s", p->fts_path);
eval = 1;
@@ -267,6 +276,8 @@
if (rval && (!fflag || errno != ENOENT)) {
warn("%s", f);
eval = 1;
+ } else if (vflag) {
+ printf("%s\n", f);
}
}
}
@@ -422,6 +433,6 @@
void
usage(void)
{
- (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-dfiPRr] file ...\n", __progname);
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-dfiPRrv] file ...\n", __progname);
exit(1);
}