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Date:      Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:01:13 -0600
From:      Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu>
To:        Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: more info Re: how did I manage this?
Message-ID:  <19990913120113.A8431@fisicc-ufm.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909121224360.7847-100000@crb.crb-web.com>
References:  <19990912101345.F14022@holly.calldei.com> <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909121224360.7847-100000@crb.crb-web.com>

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On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 12:29:55PM -0400, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> >rm '$DEST_DIR'
> rm: $DEST_DIR: is a directory
> 
> >ls '$DEST_DIR'
> $2
> 

rm doesn't work on directories.. go for 
$ rm -rf '$DEST_DIR'
or
$ rm '$DEST_DIR'/'$2'
$ rmdir '$DEST_DIR'

regards,

-Oscar

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