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Re: deleting directory



On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:09:10PM -0800, ian wrote:
> can an entire directory be deleted without deleting its contents first? if 
> so how?

rm -r <dirname>

BE CAREFUL!  I'm sure a few people can tell horror stories of having
to rebuild a box either they or some other adminluser did rm -rf / and
toasted a box...

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