Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 20:16:06 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Cc: "Paul Schmehl" <paul.schmehl@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem deleting files Message-ID: <23353.28358.988726.284851@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.21.1807011723400.48566@ary.local> References: <20180701202153.A94AA28BD3C2@ary.local> <010DDED160955AC68C7EFA46@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <alpine.OSX.2.21.1807011556150.48232@ary.local> <E90E9AD551526FDA45C57E3A@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <alpine.OSX.2.21.1807011723400.48566@ary.local>
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John R. Levine writes: > > # rm -fr . > > rm: "." and ".." may not be removed > > Oh, ok, then go one level up. If your directory is callled abc > > $ rm -rf abc > > the -r recursor uses a library that can handle arbitrarily large sets of > files. Warning: it has been my (painful) experience that - depending on how you have things set up - deleting the current working directory can have unintended consequances. Respectfully, Robert Huff
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