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From: "bo (b.) xiao" <xiao@bnr.ca>
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To: uh@grep.cs.fsu.edu
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Subject:  re:rm problem 
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In message "rm problem", uh@grep.cs.fsu.edu writes:

> Hi, all..
> 
> I have a directory 'trash' in /usr. I tried to delete that
> directory by 'rm -r trash' but it fails with following error
> message:
> 
> rm: trash/comms/kermit/scripts: Directory not empty
> rm: trash/comms/kermit: Directory not empty
> rm: trash/comms: Directory not empty
> rm: trash: Directory not empty
See if there is any filenames starting with a dot(.) in the said
directories.

Bo