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Old 09-03-2003, 08:52 AM   #1
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How to remove a non-empty dictory in shell?

It seems that "rmdir" only can remove a empty dictory in shell,
How to remove a non-empty dictory in shell, for example, in bash.?
Thnak you.
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Old 09-03-2003, 08:56 AM   #2
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rm -Rf directory

be careful
 
Old 09-03-2003, 09:09 AM   #3
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you might wanna try the i parameter
rm -Ri
which shall ask for each file (boring, might save you though)
 
Old 09-03-2003, 09:13 AM   #4
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Thank you.
 
Old 09-03-2003, 10:11 AM   #5
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Would the following work: alias wipe rm -Rf
 
Old 09-03-2003, 02:01 PM   #6
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Or use Midnight Commander if it is installed (comes with the distro) a nice simple file management system in my view.

Type mc in the shell and get going
 
Old 09-03-2003, 03:40 PM   #7
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mc does support Greek! (maybe chinese, difficult though)
try in the options to enable the 8bit support
 
  


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