The reason I asked is because I expanded a *.tar.gz file to look-at/build and then decided I needed to erase the directory later....Thanks for the warning....
Matthew On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 08:26:37 +0000 Richard Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 30 June 2002 01:44, Matthew Stapleton wrote: > > How do I recursively remove all the subdirectories and contents of > a > > particular directory in Linux? I know of 'rmdir', but this only > works for > > empty directories. I need something like DOS's 'deltree'. > > You got 2 other answers to your question, one mentioned the need to > be "very > carefull" with rm, what they did not say is you can wipe out your > complete > system with rm and its options. > I would strongly advise you to use 'mc' the linux answer to > midnight-commander. > You will have more oversight as to what you are deleting and will > not be faced > with the same problem we saw here a few days ago when someone asked > how he > could recover his system after he made a mistake with rm -rf. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Matthew Stapleton > > -- > Regards Richard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
