Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:43:23 +0200 From: Lothar Braun <lothar@lobraun.de> To: Ruel Luchavez <ruel.freebsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Delete a folder although its not empty Message-ID: <47FB3E3B.6010408@lobraun.de> In-Reply-To: <ee9dc2b40804080235k64606f0fi52f42550f2d49371@mail.gmail.com> References: <ee9dc2b40804080235k64606f0fi52f42550f2d49371@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ruel Luchavez wrote: | 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? If you want to delete a non-empty folder, you have to use the recursive option (see rm(1)) rm -r folder-name should do the job. Regards, ~ Lothar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkf7PjsACgkQOlpYSeF9JmYkOwCg0DagRl9s0L656fBnlNiDt+Np /GkAn1UAIgLLZr+wdu5dW7qxdjJ2nOUv =m15J -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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