Re: mv directories to new partition; rm directories

["Scott K. Ellis" <storm@gate.net>]

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On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote:

> In doing a bit of experimenting before the big step, I have
> copied the directory, including permissions, to the new
> partition (which is presently mounted at /hdb4). I used
> (cd /source; tar cf - .) | (cd /dest; tar xvfp -)
> When I attempted to remove (as root) an old subdirectory under
> /usr/local using  'rm -d', I got an "Operation not permitted"
> response. The info reference on 'rm' gives the '-d' option.

You ABSOLUTLY NEVER want to use the -d option to rm.  That will seriously
corrupt your filesystem (it deletes the directory inode without deleting
the files in the directory).  The proper way to remove a directory and its
comments is 'rm -rf <dirname>'

- -- 
                     |        The mark of your ignorance is the depth of
   Scott K. Ellis    |           your belief in injustice and tragedy.
   storm@gate.net    |     What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
                     |               the master calls a butterfly.
                     |                       -- Illusions

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