Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-11 Thread aqy6633
I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that works like deltree in dos. rm -rf dirname In general, refer to man rm, or man

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 01:23:20PM -0800, Britton wrote: Good point. It's actually a dangerous thing to do period. It's not a question of if you will one day trash crucial stuff, it's when. I reccoment you make up a ~/recycle directory or something like it and then use mv -R whatever ~/tmp.

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-11 Thread Will Lowe
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Possibly a dangerous suggestion. If you get used to having a system where files are not really deleted, then one day you'll use another system, rm -rf something and it's really gone. That's why I stopped doing that. I just learned not to use rm -rf

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-11 Thread Jack Kern
On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:10:45AM -0400, Keith wrote: I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that works like deltree in

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-11 Thread Bill Mitchell
rm -rf directory_name try `man rm' for more info. On Sun, 10 May 1998, Keith wrote: I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking

how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Keith
I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that works like deltree in dos. Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:10:45AM -0400, Keith wrote: I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that works like deltree in

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Egon Schmid
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Nils Rennebarth wrote: On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:10:45AM -0400, Keith wrote: I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Ralph Winslow
Keith wrote: I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that works like deltree in dos. I have no idea how deltree works, but

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Keith wrote: I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that works like deltree in dos. rm -rf Bob

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Will Lowe
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Keith wrote: I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that works like deltree in dos. rm -r

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Britton
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Will Lowe wrote: On Sun, 10 May 1998, Keith wrote: I have been trying to delete directories that are not empty. I try doing a rm -d * but I get a response that the operation is not allowed. I am logged in as root. What am I doing wrong. I am looking something that

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread Will Lowe
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Britton wrote: Good point. It's actually a dangerous thing to do period. It's not a question of if you will one day trash crucial stuff, it's when. I Yes, I've done this a few times, so I was speaking from experience. Always manage to do it when a project's on my

Re: how do I delete not empty directories

1998-05-10 Thread M.C. Vernon
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