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Re: Deleting a Folder



On Sunday 08 October 2006 14:41, Richard wrote:
> Lets say I have a folder that has about 400 items,
> from mp3 to xls sheets, to mpeg movies to .pdf files, all kinds of media
> types..
>
> What command in Linux, can shred the whole folder and ALL of its contents,
> without me going into the folder and hand deleting items by group type.
>
> Just looking for a quicker method, have attachment folder for emails,
> it fills up quick.
>
> eg: folder: attachments > 402 items...

Have you looked into the 'wipe' utility?
It won't work on journaled filesystems, though.



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