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06-01-2012, 11:19 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2012
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: Mint, Debian and Ubuntu are my favorites
Posts: 7
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Undeletable directory
Hello. I have accidentally created a directory named "--arch=i386" and now I am unable to delete it.
How to delete such directory?
Linux-Mint ~ # ls
--arch=i386 -arch=i386
Linux-Mint ~ # rm --arch=i386
rm: unrecognized option '--arch=i386'
Try `rm ./'--arch=i386'' to remove the file `--arch=i386'.
Try `rm --help' for more information.
Linux-Mint ~ # rm "--arch=i386" -fr
rm: unrecognized option '--arch=i386'
Try `rm ./'--arch=i386'' to remove the file `--arch=i386'.
Try `rm --help' for more information.
Linux-Mint ~ #
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06-01-2012, 11:21 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2012
Location: Netherlands
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o yea.
rm ./'--arch=i386' gives me
rm: cannot remove `./--arch=i386': Is a directory
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06-01-2012, 11:27 AM
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Registered: Jun 2012
Location: Missouri, USA
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Try to remove it by passing '--' to 'rm'. Something like:
Code:
rm -rf -- --arch\=i386/
assuming you're within the directory where it resides.
Last edited by rosehosting.com; 06-01-2012 at 11:28 AM.
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06-01-2012, 11:29 AM
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Registered: Feb 2010
Location: Georgia
Distribution: Slackware64 14.2
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With the rm command, you need to pass the -r option to delete a directory.
Alternatively, you could use rmdir which is an rm for directories.
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06-01-2012, 11:38 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2012
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: Mint, Debian and Ubuntu are my favorites
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cultist
With the rm command, you need to pass the -r option to delete a directory.
Alternatively, you could use rmdir which is an rm for directories.
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rm ./'--arch=i386' -fr worked for me. Sorry for asking stupid questions :-) |
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06-01-2012, 11:50 AM
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Moderator
Registered: May 2001
Posts: 29,415
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It's not a stupid question. Not asking, that's stupid.
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