Have been caught by this myself, it is the man page that says to use -d for directories but it never works for me either. Just what is the -d option for?
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Peter Hardy > Sent: Wednesday, 27 March 2002 9:42 PM > To: Slug-ers > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Deleting folders > > > On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 19:31, Marko wrote: > > I'm trying to delete a folder in a GNU bash shell, it's goes like this > > > > # rm -d filename.d > > rm: remove directory 'filename.d'? y > > rm: cannot unlink 'filename.d': Is a directory > > > > is there another option? > > rm -r > > rm has a surprisingly extensive manpage. :-) > > -- > Pete > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 'There's still something about you I can't put my finger on, Bill Door,' > she said. 'Wish I knew what it was.' > The seven foot skeleton regarded her stoically. He felt there was > nothing he could say. > -- Miss Flitworth coming to grips with Death > (Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man) > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
