Re: more info Re: how did I manage this?

[Oscar Bonilla]

On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 12:29:55PM -0400, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> >rm '$DEST_DIR'
> rm: $DEST_DIR: is a directory
> 
> >ls '$DEST_DIR'
> $2
> 

rm doesn't work on directories.. go for 
$ rm -rf '$DEST_DIR'
or
$ rm '$DEST_DIR'/'$2'
$ rmdir '$DEST_DIR'

regards,

-Oscar

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