Just because I can't help myself, RTFM!
OPTIONS
-d, --directory
Remove directories with `unlink' instead of `rmdir',
and don't require a directory to be empty before trying
to unlink it. Only works for the super-user. Because
unlinking a directory causes any files in the deleted
directory to become unreferenced, it is wise to fsck
the filesystem after doing this.
-f, --force
Ignore nonexistent files and never prompt the user.
-i, --interactive
Prompt whether to remove each file. If the response
does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
-r, -R, --recursive
Remove the contents of directories recursively.
-v, --verbose
All of which is located in the manpage, on your machine.
But I will add some remarks to what other people have said. In your
.<shell>rc there are some "dummy aliases." And there is one for rm
in there. Of which most people think having, is a really good idea.
Even those that are extremely comfortable with command line operating
and would prefer to do work that way, leave that in there. Because
you can type the correct command, but in the wrong directory.
For example, you want to delete your Netscape cache, so you type:
rm -R *
But if you're not in $HOME/.netscape, but you're in $HOME/ then you've
just created a really bad day for yourself if you haven't backed up your
system very recently! So I would suggest leaving the alias in your
.<shell>rc file for safety, and those half asleep nights when you're
trying to do something before heading to bed.
tdh
T. Holmes
Unixtechs.org
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"Real Men use Vi."
* Andrew Iovannisci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010407 19:49]:
| 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
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