Hi, To delete a directory, with everything in it, WITHOUT confirmation (not to be done lightly), type: rm -Rf /dir -R = recursive, -f = force As for problems, from what you're saying (used cp -a = permissions/ownership good) then I don't think so. HTH, David Charles On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, ryan_steffes wrote: > Well by just trying it, the answers seems to be, Yes, Yes you can. > > > I did: > > cd /usr > cp -a . /new > vi /etc fstab > (changed the mount point for hdb3 from /new to /usr) > mv /usr /usr2 > mkdir /usr > > > Then I rebooted and everything came up fine. Can anyone give me > anything that may cause a problem in the future before I delete the old > /usr2? > > > Also, is there a way to turn off confirmation on rm -r? I can't imagine > having to hit a 'y' for every file in /usr2! > > Ry > > >
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