You probably have an alias setup in your shell that aliases rm to
'rm -i' and that the reason why it is prompting.
You can either remove the aliase or use "/usr/bin/rm -rf *" to
delete everything while keeping the alias.
-- Aravind
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Peter Vogel
> Sent: Monday, 14 February 2000 12:49
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> Subject: [SLUG] recursive rm
>
>
> When I use rm -r directory, I get prompted for each file to
> be deleted,
> Is there a reply other than "y" which will go ahead and delete
> everything?
>
> Or is there a better way to get rid of a directory and all
> its contents?
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
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