Actually, I prefer

        rm -Rvf <directory-name>

Mark

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Roger Sherman wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Dan wrote:
>
> > --- Andrew Iovannisci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Is there a way to delete a non-empty directory via
> > > the command line
> > > without going through the trouble of removing every
> > > file and sub-directory
> > > first?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > Mandrake 7.2
> > > KDE 2.1
> > > kernal 2.2.17
> > > Registered Linux User # 202836
> > rm -r
>
> I'd always used rm -rf myself...
>
>
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