removing a directory
 

[root@localhost html]# rm -d guest
rm: remove directory `guest'? yes
rm: cannot remove directory `guest': Is a directory
[root@localhost html]#

Theres probably an easy way to fix this, but its not working, and its a big file with a lot of tiny seperate files, so -r is annoying to do. Thanks, any help would be appreciated.
--brad

rm -rf dir/

rm -rf guest

ahh. thays easy, ty....

Use that command with care. Use it wrongly and you can hose your entire system.

rm -rf <name> means "remove <name>, and everything in <name> if it's a directory, recursively, and don't ask me to confirm anything."

rmdir <name> means "remove the directory <name>, but only if it's empty.

To remove a directory and all its contents, the former is probably the easiest. But use sparingly.