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07-22-2011, 06:03 AM
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Registered: Jul 2011
Location: Phoenix, New York
Distribution: Slackware 13.37
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Quick Question: rm -r
Hi,
I just logged in as root and used rm -r on a file directory, but is this the same thing as deleting it?
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07-22-2011, 06:06 AM
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Registered: Jul 2011
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Yup. To quote the rm man page:
Quote:
-r, -R, --recursive
remove directories and their contents recursively
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07-22-2011, 06:08 AM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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From the manual:
Code:
man rm
NAME
rm - remove files or directories
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each
specified file. By default, it does not remove directories.
By default, rm does not remove directories. Use the --recursive (-r
or -R) option to remove each listed directory, too, along with all of
its contents.
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07-22-2011, 06:40 AM
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Registered: Jul 2011
Location: Phoenix, New York
Distribution: Slackware 13.37
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k, thanks guys. ^^
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