On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 10:02:11AM -0500, Robert Story wrote: > The issue is that the directory isn't empty. Try running 'ls -a' to see all > files (including the 'dot' files, which aren't shown by default). There is a > flag (-f) to force the remove, but you should check what's in there before you > delete the dir...
The flag is for the rm command as in "rm -r -f <directory>". Using "rm -r" in any form, especially with the "-f" flag is how newbies become system recovery experts overnight. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: 972-2-679-6896 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 VoIP (Email to schedule) Free World Dialup: 523178 Skype: gsmendelson _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
