Deleting full directories?
 

How do I remove directories that are full? I run "rmdir" and it fails with "directory is not empty"

How do i get around this?

rm -rf /foldername

r for RECURSIVE (everything in it)

and -f for do not promt for confirmation, this is optional I suppose.

also -R

see

man rm
info rm

thanks, I guess I didnt know since I had no idea what recursive meant.

delete folder and everything in it.

recursive = keep on doing something until the job is finished.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=recursive