From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 09:51:22 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 38A63106574C for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:51:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A598FC16 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:51:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m389p1XQ023080; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:51:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id m389ovIF023077; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:51:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:50:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Ruel Luchavez In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20080408115051.U23074@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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 09:51:22 -0000 > > 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? rm -rf dirname > > Please.....thanx > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >