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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:07:41 -0600
From: Nick Lozinsky <nl3481@wi.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: Deleting folders that're not empty
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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.
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rm -R dir


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