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02-03-2005 #1
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Linux equivalent for "DELTREE"?
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02-03-2005 #2
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rm -r
man rm for detailsMichael Salivar
Man knows himself insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it only in himself, and of himself only within it.
--Goethe
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02-03-2005 #3
It still may balk at you, so you may need to force remove:
Code:rm -Rf directoryname
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02-03-2005 #4
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Originally Posted by techieMoe
\"Meditative mind\'s is like a vast ocean... whatever strikes the surface, the bottom stays calm\" - Dalai Lama
\"Competition ultimatly comes down to one thing... a loser and a winner.\" - Ugo Deschamps
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02-03-2005 #5
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Yeah, it's surprisingly easy to delete things like, say, /etc.
One late night I was searching for my perfect terminal, and upon uninstalling one I went to remove dot files and check /etc for confs:
[root@demerzel ethyriel]# rm -R .footermls /etc
rm: cannot remove '.footermls': No such file or directory
Now why the hell would it tell me that?
Wait for it, wait for it...
I think they heard my screams in Santa Fe.
Everyone's made stupid mistakes like this at some point or another. To avoid them, you might look up libtrash.Michael Salivar
Man knows himself insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it only in himself, and of himself only within it.
--Goethe
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02-05-2005 #6
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Originally Posted by UgoDeschamps
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02-05-2005 #7
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If what you want is a prompt try rm -ri, or you could make an alias to deltree or some such to do this automatically.
Michael Salivar
Man knows himself insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it only in himself, and of himself only within it.
--Goethe
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02-05-2005 #8
Originally Posted by UgoDeschamps
Code:rm -Rf
Code:rm -Rf
P.s> this in me just comes from when i was 12years old and formatted a hdd with my schools entire newley put on puter records.....took all the students 4 months to complete....needless to say i was in the doghouse! and suspended.....now if the puter teacher cound of just of hooked up the tape backup~Mike ~~~ Forum Rules
Testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up, it is perfect. ~ Linus Torvalds
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02-05-2005 #9
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Originally Posted by Ethyriel
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Originally Posted by user222
Michael Salivar
Man knows himself insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it only in himself, and of himself only within it.
--Goethe