Removing a directory wit files inside 2

[nyhawkey]

I need to remove files from a SCO Unix system that has files inside of it. What is the command to do this? When I use rmdir, it tells me that the directories have files and cannot be removed.

 

[theotyflos]

rm -r

Theophilos.

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There are only 10 kinds of people: Those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

[KenCunningham]

But be very careful to ensure that you're where you think you are before using rm -r

Been there, done that!

 

[PHV]

To know what you do:
rm -ri

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[theotyflos]

As an alternative you can use the folowing in your .profile, so you will always know where you are (like the good old MS-DOS )

:
:
CH_DIR() {
  cd $1 && PS1="`pwd` # "
}
:
:
alias cd=CH_DIR
:
:

Theophilos.

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There are only 10 kinds of people: Those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

[otrdave]

Except that setting the prompt to show current location is highly shell-dependant. I'm partial to Korn shell so I use:

PS1=`uname -n`' - root $PWD => '

I have several 5.0.6 boxen that I telnet into, hence the 'uname -n'. "root" lets me know I'm in the system as GOD. "$PWD" returns the current directory location. This produces a very informative prompt:

training - root /usr3/merge =>


Dave