From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 30 4:51:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E52D037B503 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 04:50:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from [195.11.243.26] (helo=Debug) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 14NaFE-0005p8-00; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:50:48 +0000 To: Cliff Sarginson , ben@cahostnet.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Cliff Sarginson Subject: Re: deleting whole directory w/ files Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:50:48 GMT X-Mailer: www.webmail.nl.demon.net X-Sender: postmaster@btvs.demon.nl X-Originating-IP: 192.250.25.251 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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... > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > > ========GET YOUR FREE E-MAIL============ > > http://freemail.cahostnet.net > > Web Hosting http://www.cahostnet.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message