Re: removing directories even they are not empty
CJoeB <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:46:42 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.release.psyche |
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> > >Message: 2 >Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:45:56 -0700 (PDT) >From: "M. Zabtoo" <[email protected]> >Subject: removing directories even they are not empty >To: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] > >--0-1126043940-1063604756=:82683 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >I have done a great expreiment with linux 8, installation and uninstallatoin of so many softwares. but it leave me with lot of directories and now i want to delete them at all. Is thier any way to delete them even they are full. > >thankyou, >zabtoo > > Use rm -Rf <directory name>. The R is for recursive which deletes all subdirectories beneath the one that you specify and the f forces the deletion without prompting. Be careful here - make sure that you are sure that you have entered the directory name correctly. -- Psyche-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list