'Non-empty' directory deletion.

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Subject: 'Non-empty' directory deletion.
From: Adam Bogacki <afb@paradise.net.nz>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:01:35 +1000
Message-id: <[🔎] 3F23165F.2080701@paradise.net.nz>

Hi, I'm trying to delete

/home/adam/.enlightenment/themes/FossilsOfTheMachines

but I can't get 'rmdir' to work on a full directory. Neither

rmdir -r [filename]
rmdir s [filename] /or/
rmdir --ignore-non-empty-directory [filename]

... work.

What am I missing here ?

Adam Bogacki,
afb@paradise.net.nz

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