how about:
rm -r [directory name]
- Dennis
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From: Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CVS Delete All Files
Yes, i realize i need to do a recursive delete, but that is exactly
the thing i am asking: what is the syntax of the command?
Michael C. Amorose
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At 12:53 PM -0400 5/26/00, Larry Jones wrote:
>Mike writes:
>>
>> Can anyone give me a simple command that will remove all existing
>> files from a repository, but not remove the repository itself?
>> Basically i don't care about history - i just need to delete all the
>> files in a repository so i can do a new import.
>
>Just do a recursive delete on each of the top-level repository
>directories (other than CVSROOT, of course). Depending on what's in
>your repository and how it's organized, it might be easier to just
>delete the whole repository and then recreate it with ``cvs init''.
>
>-Larry Jones
>
>Oh yeah? You just wait! -- Calvin
