From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 21 18:39:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA24690 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 18:39:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server4.mpcbbs.com.br (server4.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA24666 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 18:39:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from capriotti@geocities.com) Received: from hot_nt (zex@d1p7.mpcnet.com.br [200.246.29.71]) by server4.mpcbbs.com.br (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id WAA19524; Thu, 21 May 1998 22:38:59 -0300 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980521221310.00938330@pop.mpc.com.br> X-Sender: capriotti@pop.mpc.com.br X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 22:40:30 -0300 To: "Frank Griffith" , From: Capriotti Subject: Re: How do I erase an entire directory Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG rm -R or something try man rm At 05:09 PM 5/21/98 -0500, Frank Griffith wrote: >I am still getting use to installing ports and make some >mistakes when I do. Each time I install and things aren't >quite right, I erase everything and reinstall the port. My >problem is I can't seem to figure out how to erase an >entire directory. If it has files in it, I can't just type rmdir >without doing each directory, starting at the bottom of the >tree. Can someone tell me if there is a command similar >to deltree in DOS for FreeBSD. > >Note: deltree will allow you to delete an entire directory and >all its subfolders with one swift command line. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message