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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:50:48 GMT
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, ben@cahostnet.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: deleting whole directory w/ files
Message-ID:  <E14NaFE-0005p8-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>

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> rm -rf *
that is if you are in the directory !
otherwise rm -rf directory_name

be careful !

CLiff
> 
> > How can I delete a directory with sub-directories and files.  I tried the rmdir -p
> options
> and rm -dfv options and it didn't work.  What will be the full corect syntax.
> > 
> > Thanks...
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