lots of people don't realize that rm options can usually be placed after the
argument, so
rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
is equivalent to
rm /var/lib/mysql -rf
i've found the latter to be a lot "safer" to type by giving your brain an
extra second or two to catch any mistakes before hitting enter.
jason
Rick DeNatale wrote:
On 6/17/06, jason watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
and just so i know, what does the f stand for in the command you
mentioned
"rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/mysql/" i know the r stands for recursivly
(right?)
the f option on rm stands for force, it turns off prompting and other
error checking.
So rm -rf will delete the /var/lib/mysql/mysql directory and every
file and directory underneath it.
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