Re: [newbie] DelTree
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:29:19 -0500 John Alex Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rm -rf top-level derectory going to be deleted This could be very dangerously if carelessly. you could also use mc for all your file management needs mc is a console file manager that resembles the old DOS Norton Commander it has lots of cool feature like browsing rpms and tar files and viewing pdfs, man pages, htmls as formated text. you can delete whole directories from mc very easily. cheers, Alaa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DelTree
rm -fr directory name will remove the directory and all the folders and file s contained within given the correct permissions This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_1013458257-13086-40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit How do I delete a directory that contains files and more directories. I want to erase everything in the folder. Command Line please. I hated the command line but its like crack, very addictive. Its actually easier and much more efficient then the gui. If your not using it I recommend learning as much as possible. =_1013458257-13086-40 Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Disposition: inline; filename=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com =_1013458257-13086-40-- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DelTree
Paul Kraus wrote: How do I delete a directory that contains files and more directories. I want to erase everything in the folder. Command Line please. I hated the command line but its like crack, very addictive. Its actually easier and much more efficient then the gui. If your not using it I recommend learning as much as possible. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com rm -r /whateverdirectoryname/and/path -f the -r is for recursive (i. e. descend into subdirectories) and the -f is for force without asking While rm -rf /whateverdirectoryname/and/path will work to the same effect, it is considered bad form. Imagine that you type this far rm -rf / and then the household cat launches for your desktop and plops a fat paw on the enter key. Your entire filesystem(s) are bye-bye, even /mnt/windows_c if you happen to have one and it is writeable. Aside from having the household cat for supper, there is no compensation, and of course even less when you fat-finger the enter key yourself. Take it from someone who has committed that faux pas. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
