[newbie] Removing a full directory via command line

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

Re: [newbie] Removing a full directory via command line

On Saturday 07 April 2001 20:30, you wrote: Yeah, use rm - r directory name make sure that there is no alias for rm that asks for confirmation for deletion, otherwise if you delete a large directory structure, you will get to confirm lots and lots of files. Ahh, I have an alias rm="rm -i"

Re: [newbie] security related question: how to scan myself + more

On Saturday 10 March 2001 14:30, you wrote: What's the best way to test my security? I'd like to port scan myself from a remote machine. Here are two scanning sites that I frequently use to test my cable set-up: http://www.dslreports.com/secureme https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 I've

[newbie] Problem with http links

Hi all, When I click on a link in an email message, Netscape opens up and displays the web page, but all the links in the web page are pointing to a local file on my box instead of the proper file on the web site. Let me give an example to try and better explain; I recently clicked on the

[newbie] kde 2.1beta2 and zip drive

Hi All, Yesterday, I upgraded from kde2.0 to kde2.1beta2. I love the _much_ increased stability in kmail with the upgrade, but now it takes a long time for konqueror to display the contents of my zip drive (four minutes to be exact). Under kde2.0, it took around 25 seconds to display. Any

[newbie] Sounds on startup/shutdown

Hi All, How does one stop the rather annoying sound clips from playing when logging in and shutting down? For the record, I'm running Mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.0 as default desktop. Thanks, Andy

[newbie] User drake error

Hi all, I got the following error message when trying to access the user drake: cannot lock user lib 'file /etc/gtmp' or 'file /etc/ptmp' exist I got around the problem by renaming the files to /etc/gtmp1 /etc/ptmp1 My question is, what are

[newbie] Scroll wheel not working with Netscape

Hi all, Seems that my scroll wheel doesn't scroll with Netscape (v4.75). It works just fine with Konqueror and Kmail, however. I also get some interesting reactions when I click the wheel. ( By click, I mean push down on the wheel like it was a third button) In Kmail, it pastes the last