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[Chmex21]

Quick question, how do you delete a dir in Red Hat 7.1 that already has other things inside that dir. Basically trying to delete a full dir.

Thanks

 

[pmkincaid]

'rm -r dirname' will recursively delete the directory. Be very, very careful with this, many people have accidentially deleted an important directory in the process...

Take a look at 'man rm' for more information.

Hope this helps,
Paul

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

You may need to do 'rm -rf directoryname' . The -f flag forces removal of write-protected files without prompting. As said above be very careful and make sure you are in the correct parent directory ('pwd' if your prompt doesn't show current directory) or use the full path - especially if you are root.

Rgds

 

[KenCunningham]

Additionally, if there are not too many files, use rm -ri to have rm interactively prompt to confirm removal of each file.

 

[krischrist]

Hi,
Do an 'rm -R directory' this is it.

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