Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:55:05 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>, Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I erase an entire directory Message-ID: <19980522115505.A27201@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3564DD58.9E0B90C0@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Thu, May 21, 1998 at 10:05:12PM -0400 References: <002a01bd8505$15bd4c60$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com> <3564DD58.9E0B90C0@aei.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 21 May 1998 at 22:05:12 -0400, Malartre wrote: > Frank Griffith wrote: > >> I am still getting use to installing ports and make some >> mistakes when I do. Each time I install and things aren't >> quite right, I erase everything and reinstall the port. My >> problem is I can't seem to figure out how to erase an >> entire directory. If it has files in it, I can't just type rmdir >> without doing each directory, starting at the bottom of the >> tree. Can someone tell me if there is a command similar >> to deltree in DOS for FreeBSD. >> >> Note: deltree will allow you to delete an entire directory and >> all its subfolders with one swift command line. > > Try > rm -R dir > <screenshot> > # pwd > /home/kaput/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ > # cd > # pwd > /home/kaput/ > # rm -R pub > </screenshot> rm -R is correct for FreeBSD and Solaris 2, but other versions of UNIX don't understand it. All versions understand rm -r, however, which does the same thing, so it's preferable to use that option. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19980522115505.A27201>