On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: Hi Zwerg,
> I just built a distribution tree from a CD on my hard disk. I tried to > remove all the TRANS.TBL files from the tree by using: > rm -r TRANS.TBL > Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug in rm? > TIA, > Dwarf You missunderstodd the purpose of 'rm -r' This command lets you recursively remove a directory structure like 'rm -rf /home'. Please have a look at 'man find' 'man rm' After checking these man pages you might be enlighted. If you really cannot figure it out yourself then pleas contact me directly. I will then mail you the command line. Yours, -- martin // Martin Konold, Muenzgasse 7, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany // // Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Linux - because reboots are for hardware upgrades -- Edwin Huffstutler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Just go ahead and write your own multitasking multiuser os ! Worked for me all the times. -- Linus Torvalds -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]