On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 04:47:38PM +0000, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I want to delete a directory with a whole bunch of embeded > subdirectories, I did > rm -d kdeo > and I get Operation not permitted.
you don't want to delete non-empty directories that way unless you want filesystem corruption. > Now, I am doing it as root, so, the permission should not be an issue. > Whats the problem? Is there a better way of removing a sequence of such > embedded directories? rm -rf kdeo no questions asked recursivly removes every file directory below kdeo. be careful alcohol and rm -rf don't mix ;-) > Thanks, > Antonio. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
