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Hi, was wondering how I can delete the contents of a dir. Using a command because I want to use it as a cron job on my server. Thanks --Mike...
  1. 08-19-2003 #1
    teknoeacid
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    deleting contents of a dir from command



    Hi, was wondering how I can delete the contents of a dir. Using a command because I want to use it as a cron job on my server.

    Thanks
    --Mike
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    teknoeacid
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    nvm, for some reason wildcard slipped my mind.

    I just use a
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    rm *
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  3. 08-19-2003 #3
    tom__clancy
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    cd /directory
    rm -f *

    you want to be sure you're in the right directory when you issue that command otherwise you may smash your box.
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