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Old 06-06-2009, 01:39 PM   #1
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Using Linux to remove directory containing invalid windows filenames?


I have a directory on a windows 98 computer containing about 30,000 files with invalid windows filenames. (The PC crashed and mangled the contents of the firefox cache directory.)

I'd like to use BootE Linux (which boots from a floppy) to delete the cache directory. Will the rm command remove any directory regardless of its contents?

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Ellen
 
Old 06-06-2009, 01:42 PM   #2
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yup!

That was easy. You might run an 'rm -rf' of the folder though though. Read the man page first.
 
Old 06-08-2009, 12:06 PM   #3
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Thanks!
 
Old 06-08-2009, 01:51 PM   #4
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yup!

That was easy. You might run an 'rm -rf' of the folder though though. Read the man page first.
be careful... this is a powerful command.
 
Old 06-08-2009, 10:46 PM   #5
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be careful... this is a powerful command.
Yep - 20 butterflies die a painful death everytime u run that
(no offense - just joking)
 
Old 06-09-2009, 12:52 PM   #6
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Yep - 20 butterflies die a painful death everytime u run that
(no offense - just joking)
why don't you try # rm -rf /homeand count how many butterflies die... heheheheheheh
no offense just joking!
 
Old 06-09-2009, 11:14 PM   #7
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why don't you try # rm -rf /homeand count how many butterflies die... heheheheheheh
no offense just joking!
lol - if I had to finish a species, won't I prefer # rm -fr /
 
Old 06-11-2009, 09:23 AM   #8
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I was just trying to kill butterflies... if you really want to finish species you should #shred -vzf -n 100 /
 
  


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