Re: how do I delete not empty directories
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Will Lowe wrote:
> On Sun, 10 May 1998, 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.
>
> rm -r directoryname
>
> will recursively remove "directoryname" and any files or
> directories in it.
> WARNING WARNING WARNING
> This is a dangerous command to run as root, because you can
> destroy your system and make it unbootable (like doing "deltree c:\" in
> dos) ... make absolutely sure you want to get rid of whatever's in that
> tree, and that your system doesn't need any of that stuff to run...
>
> Will
Good point. It's actually a dangerous thing to do period. It's not a
question of if you will one day trash crucial stuff, it's when. I
reccoment you make up a ~/recycle directory or something like it and then
use mv -R whatever ~/tmp.
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