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Date:      Sun, 07 Mar 1999 21:14:46 -0700
From:      Chris Tubutis <chris@tci.com>
To:        "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: /var -- Device Busy
Message-ID:  <36E34EB6.929EE4FF@tci.com>
References:  <199903080329.DAA65700@out2.ibm.net>

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"Michael G." wrote:
> 
> Hmmm...I've always used rm -r to remove
> directories...didn't even realize there was a rmdir
> command...I guess there's many ways to do the same thing...
> :)


Are you sure you weren't using rm -rf?


> 
> Michael G.
> 
> On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:31:08 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> >BTW, you won't be able to rm the /var directory at any time, simply
> >because it's a directory.  You'll have to use rmdir.
> 
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