Re: how do I delete not empty directories
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Nils Rennebarth wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:10:45AM -0400, Keith wrote:
> > I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing
> > a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am
> > logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that
> > works like deltree in dos.
> You want
> rm -r
>
> And it's a dangerous command that can wipe your disk if you are not careful.
A not so dangerous command would be:
cd dir
rm *
cd ..
rm dir
-Egon
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