Re: Delete a folder although its not empty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Ruel Luchavez wrote: | Do you also know the command for viewing the used space of a certain | directory? | Is their other command aside from "df" ? have a look at du(1). This is the utility you are looking for. Regards, ~ Lothar -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkf7QfkACgkQOlpYSeF9JmY24gCfYwnqlMAgSvEWlHnL/hpB0WSP wlIAoMwDm5N3AtYF8L+BltWNbP7u+eae =2ji6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Delete a folder although its not empty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ruel Luchavez wrote: | Hello... | | I'm tired of deleting a directory or folder in a server using "rm" and | "rmdir" but before deleting a directory using "rmdir" the folder must be | empty..what should i do or what command should be use in Free BSD to delete | a folder in a directory even if its not empty without affecting the | folder in the same directory? If you want to delete a non-empty folder, you have to use the recursive option (see rm(1)) rm -r folder-name should do the job. Regards, ~ Lothar -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkf7PjsACgkQOlpYSeF9JmYkOwCg0DagRl9s0L656fBnlNiDt+Np /GkAn1UAIgLLZr+wdu5dW7qxdjJ2nOUv =m15J -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Delete a folder although its not empty
Hello Do you also know the command for viewing the used space of a certain directory? Is their other command aside from "df" ? Thanks... On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Leslie Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ruel Luchavez skrev: > > Hello... > > > > I'm tired of deleting a directory or folder in a server using "rm" and > > "rmdir" but before deleting a directory using "rmdir" the folder must be > > empty..what should i do or what command should be use in Free BSD to > > delete > > a folder in a directory even if its not empty without affecting the > > folder in the same directory? > > > > Please.thanx > > > > rm -r > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Delete a folder although its not empty
I'm tired of deleting a directory or folder in a server using "rm" and "rmdir" but before deleting a directory using "rmdir" the folder must be empty..what should i do or what command should be use in Free BSD to delete a folder in a directory even if its not empty without affecting the folder in the same directory? rm -rf dirname Please.thanx ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Delete a folder although its not empty
Ruel Luchavez skrev: Hello... I'm tired of deleting a directory or folder in a server using "rm" and "rmdir" but before deleting a directory using "rmdir" the folder must be empty..what should i do or what command should be use in Free BSD to delete a folder in a directory even if its not empty without affecting the folder in the same directory? Please.thanx rm -r ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Delete a folder although its not empty
Hello... I'm tired of deleting a directory or folder in a server using "rm" and "rmdir" but before deleting a directory using "rmdir" the folder must be empty..what should i do or what command should be use in Free BSD to delete a folder in a directory even if its not empty without affecting the folder in the same directory? Please.thanx ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
