| 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...
It seems to me that I've seem this recently (I don't know who to credit), but is it not written that there are two types of *nix users? Type 1: Those who have executed rm -rf / Type 2: Those who haven't yet :) Brooks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
