From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 25 16:13:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com [66.66.72.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C87B637B41B for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:09:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A1B38901A00; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:08:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:08:36 -0500 From: mpd To: Nick Lozinsky Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Deleting folders that're not empty Message-ID: <20020325190836.A66797@rochester.rr.com> References: <200203260000.g2Q00UR07986@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3C9FBB51.46D7580D@wi.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3C9FBB51.46D7580D@wi.rr.com>; from nl3481@wi.rr.com on Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 06:05:37PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 06:05:37PM -0600, Nick Lozinsky wrote: > Hi, > > how do I delete a folder thats populated with other subfolders and > files, without going through each folder and deleting its contents, etc. > I know rmdir deletes a folder. > > rtfm for rm(1). mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "AND IN CONCLUSION TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THE FLAVOR OF ARCTIC CIRCLE CANDY AND MAKES MILK GO SOUR!!!" - Mr. Nutty from "A TOWN MEETING" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message