From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 09:40:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9001C106564A for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:40:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from hawk.thalamus.net (hawk.thalamus.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DFD18FC1E for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:40:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from localhost (localhost.thalamus.net [127.0.0.1]) by hawk.thalamus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E1751EE8AF; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:40:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at thalamus.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 2.171 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.171 tagged_above=-999 required=4.2 tests=[AWL=-1.098, HELO_LH_HOME=3.169, RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.1] Received: from hawk.thalamus.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hawk.thalamus.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id L2QzhjdDFEKY; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:40:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lesbsdpc01.homenet.home (c-195-216-040-164.cust.thalamus.net [195.216.40.164]) by hawk.thalamus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29C741EE990; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:40:47 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <47FB3DA0.8000309@eskk.nu> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:40:48 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080325) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ruel Luchavez References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Delete a folder although its not empty 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: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:40:57 -0000 Ruel Luchavez skrev: > Hello... > > I'm tired of deleting a directory or folder in a server using "rm" and > "rmdir" but before deleting a directory using "rmdir" the folder must be > empty..what should i do or what command should be use in Free BSD to delete > a folder in a directory even if its not empty without affecting the > folder in the same directory? > > Please.....thanx rm -r