I use rm -rf ".#*" and it has worked in the past for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Merrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] stupid 'rm' question
> John Turner wrote: > > The wildcard expansion only works one time. So the "rm -r" only applies > > to directories that match with wildcards. > > That explains why it didn't work but didn't complain, either. > > And guess what? > "rm -rf * .#*" doesn't work either (he says while restoring deleted files from CVS....) > > > This means you have to use find to do what you are trying. > > drat! > > ********************************* > Chris Merrill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************* > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
