From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 12 06:22:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 1DD6716A41F for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:22:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg) Received: from smtp.orbitel.bg (smtp.orbitel.bg [195.24.32.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 360E243D4C for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:22:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg) Received: (qmail 7916 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2005 06:22:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (10.0.0.4) by smtp.orbitel.bg with SMTP; 12 Sep 2005 06:22:51 -0000 Received: from smtp.orbitel.bg ([10.0.0.3]) by localhost (sof-rv2.orbitel.bg [10.0.0.4]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16251-46; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:22:47 +0300 (EEST) Received: from ibb.orac.bg (unknown [83.228.34.40]) by smtp.orbitel.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDB97A5CA9E; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:22:45 +0300 (EEST) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:22:42 +0300 From: "Ivailo Bonev" To: "Rem P Roberti" References: <200509111021.41125.remegius@comcast.net> Organization: Orac Ltd. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=windows-1251 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200509111021.41125.remegius@comcast.net> User-Agent: Opera M2/8.02 (FreeBSD, build 1272) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at orbitel.bg Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deleting directories X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:22:56 -0000 On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:21:40 +0300, Rem P Roberti wrote: > How does one go about deleting directories and their contents? RMDIR > will > only delete empty directories. > > Thanks, > > Rem > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" # rm -r * delete all content in directory and down the road (but be very careful with this) -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/