On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:23:10 -0400, Chris Hoelscher wrote: > >what MY unix folks are telling me is that there should be a '*' following >the last '/' at the end of the command - however - i when backed and looked > And what do they know? With the '*' it removes (most of) the contents but leaves the directory. Absent the '*' it removes the contents and the directory. The latter is the behavior I've experienced and believe was intended.
>as far back as feb 2007 - the command executed successfully WITHOUT the '*' >at then end - i just never knew the command was there >(to be honest - i di not know if the subdirectory in fact WAS deleted - i >just know that no errors were produced from the SMP/E run) > >in July the command failed (i am ashamed to admit i missed the RC 12 on the >RECEIVE - it worked so I did not think to look at the job that ran) > Often a deletion fails because: - some of the content can't be deleted. - the directory or some of the content is in use by another process. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
