From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 12:00:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252BF16A4BF for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:00:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web12408.mail.yahoo.com (web12408.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AADCE43FB1 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:00:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from edouard_bsd@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030822190052.25702.qmail@web12408.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.131.218.220] by web12408.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:00:52 PDT Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:00:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Edouard Saksonov To: questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Can not rmdir X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:00:53 -0000 Hi, I've just installed FreeBSD 5.1, everything is fine, but when I wanted to remove a directory(with only one file in it), the system do not want to do that: When I type rmdir -p dir_name , it gives me as an output : >rmdir: dir_name: Directory not empty When I try rmdir -rf dir_name , it gives me as an output : >rmdir: illegal option --r >usage: rmdir [-p] directory ... I installed FreeBSD 5.1 from the CD-ROM which comes with "Linux CD" magazine Maybe something's wrong with this CD ? Thanks in advance for your answer Edward --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software