How to delete a dir and all it's content?

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06-29-2002, 06:38 AM	#1
ReSync Member Registered: Jun 2002 Distribution: RedHat 7.2 Posts: 46 Rep:	How to delete a dir and all it's content? Is there an easy way to delete a dir and all it's sub-dir's and files without any X ?

06-29-2002, 06:41 AM	#2
fatgod Member Registered: Mar 2002 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Distribution: Suse 7.2, Gentoo 1.4, Solaris 9 Posts: 661 Rep:	yes. rm -Rf /directory careful now. this will work indescriminately

06-29-2002, 06:45 AM	#3
ReSync Member Registered: Jun 2002 Distribution: RedHat 7.2 Posts: 46 Original Poster Rep:	Thanks!

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