Well, then I guess I'm a gutsy guy, because I tested that command _before_ I wrote the HOWTO. That's how I knew it would work. (I try not to depend on theory when documenting stuff.)
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Patterson, Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mistake in movefs-howto Carsten Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > rm: cannot remove `.' or `..' > thanks for the answer.. I should have tested it before posting, That would have been a *really* gutsy move - if you believe "rm -f * .*" deletes "." and "..", then "rm -rf * .*" should recursively run up the filesystem tree all the way to "/", no matter how deep down you start! :-) Ross Patterson Computer Associates
