How to delete a directory?

[coca11]

I am trying to clean up a directory if I do

rm -r -f <name of dir>
I still get prompted for every file. I have to delte hundreds of files is there a fast way of doing that?

 

[pcunix]

You must have an alias set for rm.

Try /bin/rm -r instead
Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com

 

[ChristianS]

Hi,
As Tony said, you probably have an alias set for rm, check your login shell.
For example, if you're using korn shell go to your home directory and edit .kshrc and look for the line alias rm=.... you will probably see rm='rm -i' where the -i(interactive) is set for security reason, in order to prevent you from deleting files without asking.

N.B.: have a copy of your .kshrc before editing.

Regards,
Christian

 

[cspilman]

You can also &quot;unalias&quot; anything you have set an alias for by typing:

unalias <name_of_alias>

for example:

unalias rm

would remove the alias that you have set for rm. But like ChristianS mentioned, it's set for security reasons so you have to be careful if you want to unalias the rm alias.

Regards,
Chuck

chuck.spilman@nokia.com