simulating rm -rf /*

1999-03-26 Thread Breno Jacinto
st. I've been subscribed to this list (the digest only) for some time (~6 months), I'm a Java student, and would like to ask just a question. Is it possible to simulate an rm -rf /* using Java? Not executing the rm program, using Runtime.Exec (), but a real code in Java that made such jo

Re: rm

1999-03-16 Thread Christopher Hinds
This is clearly off-topic , please do not post to this group unless\ the question is about *Java on Linux*. Cheers Chris Ozer Irfan wrote: hello in linux , how delete a directorie wich content many files ? rm -f * is not valid. He say too long list Help me. Thanks

Re: rm

1999-03-16 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Ozer Irfan wrote: > hello > > in linux , how delete a directorie wich content many files ? > rm -f * is not valid. > He say too long list This list is for java AND Linux: you're out of order as your question has nothing to do with java. Even the con

Re: rm

1999-03-16 Thread Andreas Rueckert
Hi! On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 Ozer Irfan wrote: >hello > >in linux , how delete a directorie wich content many files ? >rm -f * is not valid. >He say too long list Go to the parent directory and try rm -Rf Ciao, Andreas --

Re: rm

1999-03-16 Thread Thomas Koehler
On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 02:08:30PM +0100, Ozer Irfan wrote: > Hello > how delete the content of a directorie with many files ? > > I use rm -rf * > but I have the message : parameter too long > I'm not root. Try this: find . -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} \; > Thank

rm

1999-03-16 Thread Ozer Irfan
Hello how delete the content of a directorie with many files ? I use rm -rf * but I have the message : parameter too long I'm not root. Thanks. Irfan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

rm

1999-03-16 Thread Ozer Irfan
hello in linux , how delete a directorie wich content many files ? rm -f * is not valid. He say too long list Help me. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl