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I'm trying to delete a directory.. if I use rm I get the following error: cannot remove directory `plugins': Is a directory... is there another command I can use?
If its empty with no files within the directory, use the rmdir command.
If you have files in the directory and want to remove all of them and the directory, use: rm -rf
But be careful when using rm-rf as if you make a mistake, you can delete your whole system as this forces the removal with no questions asked. For example:
rm -rf / home/user/somedir
Notice the space after the first / and home, that would remove your whole filesystem since it would think your deleting / instead of /home/user/somedir
Tips for beginners:
1) get a cheapo linux book on sale somewhere in the "get rid of section" of the bookstore.
2) learn the easy stuff like mkdir, rmdir, adduser etc from that - ie read the book and use it for references.
3) man pages are at your fingertips - try these:
man mkdir
man adduser
It's is always worth having a good Linux book too for references - you WILL use it and it can save you alot of time searching the net for silly stuff.
Between me and my roomate we have about 15 bloody Linux/Unix books - tonnes of resources - REALLY helpful.
Yeah, I've got an old 486 with some old perhistoric distro on it that I would practice with and I actually had setup as a router/firewall for my local LAN. If it's an old POS machine you can mess w/ it w/o worrying about things.
...I did however fry a video card once in Linux. I was playing with the video settings & must have set the sucker too high. Oops.
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