Re: re deltree

1999-08-12 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 06:10:40AM -0400, michaelcremin wrote: > My name is mike . I want to delite a large file. I dont have > deltree on my computer. How can I do this . need help Try `man rm'. rm to delete one file; rm -r to delete a directory and its contents, recursively (a la deltree, IIR

re deltree

1999-08-12 Thread michaelcremin
Hi My name is mike . I want to delite a large file. I dont have deltree on my computer. How can I do this . need help Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: deltree for linux

1998-03-07 Thread Carroll Kong
rm -rf 'dirname' be VERY careful, this command does NOT warn you, and it will delete everything in those dirs.. and remove the dir. Irrevocably destroying everything without prompts. in other words, you run this rf -rf / ... kiss your system GOOD bye. (not sure if it'll affect mount poi

Re: deltree for linux

1998-03-07 Thread Ralph Winslow
Alain Toussaint wrote: > > does exist a deltree lookalike for linux (or a good way to get rid of some > directory and their files) ??? rm -r /path/to/the/directory/you_want_to_remove -or- rm -r /path/to ... See "man rm" for details. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscrib

Re: deltree for linux

1998-03-07 Thread Tommi Virtanen
On Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 04:32:01AM -0500, Alain Toussaint wrote: > does exist a deltree lookalike for linux (or a good way to get rid of some > directory and their files) ??? rm -rf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - it's a valid address w/o spam -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Deltree command?

1998-02-23 Thread Tim Sailer
David Gaudine wrote: > On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > > > It's not rmdir, but just rm; "rm -r" is what you want - "rm -rf" does > > what you want without asking questions (Just plain "rm -r" will ask > > you about whether or not to delete files you don't have write access > >

Re: Deltree command?

1998-02-23 Thread David Gaudine
On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > It's not rmdir, but just rm; "rm -r" is what you want - "rm -rf" does > what you want without asking questions (Just plain "rm -r" will ask > you about whether or not to delete files you don't have write access > to). > > I hope I don't need

Re: Deltree command?

1998-02-22 Thread servis
On 22 Feb, Ralph Winslow wrote: > When Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote, I replied: > > rm -rf > > should work, if I understand your question. (What's a deltree??) > HTH deltree is a DOS command. -- Brian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAI

Re: Deltree command?

1998-02-22 Thread Ralph Winslow
When Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote, I replied: > > Hi! > > Is there a deltree command in linux? ... or what parameters does > rmdir need to remove all files and subdirectories under a directory? rm -rf should work, if I understand your question. (What's a deltree??) HTH > > regards, >

Re: Deltree command?

1998-02-22 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
"Michael \[badpixel/bad sector\]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > Is there a deltree command in linux? ... or what parameters does > rmdir need to remove all files and subdirectories under a directory? It's not rmdir, but just rm; "rm -r" is what you want - "rm -rf" does what you want wit