Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 21:31:18 -0700 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.com> To: "Defryn, Guy" <G.P.Defryn@massey.ac.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I delete directories and subdirectories at once Message-ID: <20020502213118.04582b12.nkinkade@dsl-only.com> In-Reply-To: <98B01D2717B9D411B38F0008C7840931057F3803@its-xchg2.massey.ac.nz> References: <98B01D2717B9D411B38F0008C7840931057F3803@its-xchg2.massey.ac.nz>
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On Fri, 3 May 2002 16:18:42 +1200 "Defryn, Guy" <G.P.Defryn@massey.ac.nz> wrote: > > > This is probably a silly question but I cannot figure out how to > delete directories, subdirectories and all files in one go. > > Thanks rm -rf <thedir> it's a recursive removal of files....so if you: $ rm -rf /usr/local/www everything below the www dir, and the www dir itself, will be deleted. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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