Tried, but there is over 3000 files in there!!!!

Cheers,

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Dalton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2002 3:25 PM
To: Scott
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Directory removal


Scott wrote:
> A directory has been created of which we can't remove it. The reason
> being is we can't see it!
> I have found out how to list it in octal, which is: \033[C\033
> But, how do I delete it?

Try 'rm -ri *' in the directory above, and answer yes when it askes you
if you want to delete it.

<disclaimer>
I'm not responsible if you accidently remove the wrong thing though.
</disclamer>

Matthew

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