In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
: 3 questions
: 
: How do I delete a directory with all subdirectories and files (similar to 
deltree)?

"rm -fr directory".

: AFter using emacs some mysterious directories have appeared that I cannot 
remove
: #this dir# How do I get rid of these?

This is auto-save files, IIRC. What does "rm #this dir#" say?

: I downloaded a file using lynx and now cannot find it.  I tried 'find' but 
could not use
: woldcards.  Is there a program similar to 'whereis' that will allow me to use 
wildcards and
: search all directories and subdirectories?

How about "find . -name '*file*name*' -print"?


Right,

                                                        MartinS


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