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Old 05-19-2004, 11:50 AM   #1
khucinx
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Question remove directory with shell command?

i need to remove a directory with shell command, but i can't because there is no empty directory.
so, would should i do?

command is like this :
rm -df coba

thank's
 
Old 05-19-2004, 11:51 AM   #2
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Try 'rm -rf coba'.
 
Old 05-19-2004, 12:59 PM   #3
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or rm -drf coba will work too..
 
  


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