On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Simon Bryan wrote:
> Is there an equivalent in Linux to the DOS deltree, that will remove
> folders, files and .files without confirmation? Such a fun command on a
> Windows system, generally goes like:
> cd /
> deltree *
> Oh S***T!!!!!
Warning - use the following command at your own risk. I am not responsible
if you completely fsck your system doing so.
cd /
rm -rf *
Oh S**T!!!!!
Actually, this most likely won't blow away your entire system - but it
will almost irrepairably damage it. It'll delete every file until you hit
the rm executable - and once it deletes that, the process will stop - but
by then, your system will be hosed.
You can, of course, use this in other directories than the root of your
system tree.
DaZZa
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