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defkewl
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Hi there,
How do I remove a directory from command line interface if the directory is not empty?
I've tried looking for source on the net but could not find it.
Thnx in advance
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tdemarest
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:16 am Post subject: |
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From the man page:
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-f Do not prompt for confirmation. Do not write diagnostic messages. Do not produce an error return status if the only errors
were nonexisting files.
-i Prompt for confirmation. (In case both -f and -i are given, the last one given takes effect.)
-r or -R
Recursively remove directory trees.
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Lokheed
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| You dont need the f. A simple "rm -r /path/to/directory" is sufficient and wont prompt you. |
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TrueDFX
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| Lokheed wrote: | | You dont need the f. A simple "rm -r /path/to/directory" is sufficient and wont prompt you. |
It will prompt you if any files in that directory are not writable. |
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etnoy
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:20 am Post subject: |
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Remember that rm -r is very powerful. A wrong command as root could _WIPE_ your system. Use rm -r with extreme caution and use rmdir to delete directories you know are empty.
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curtis119
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| TrueDFX wrote: | | Lokheed wrote: | | You dont need the f. A simple "rm -r /path/to/directory" is sufficient and wont prompt you. |
It will prompt you if any files in that directory are not writable. |
In that case use -R instead of -r. It's the same as -rf
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TrueDFX
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| curtis119 wrote: | | In that case use -R instead of -r. It's the same as -rf |
| Code: | $ mkdir dir; touch dir/file; chmod -w dir/file; rm -R dir
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `dir/file'? |
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curtis119
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| TrueDFX wrote: | | curtis119 wrote: | | In that case use -R instead of -r. It's the same as -rf |
| Code: | $ mkdir dir; touch dir/file; chmod -w dir/file; rm -R dir
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `dir/file'? |
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as ROOT
| Code: | lapbox ~ # mkdir dir
lapbox ~ # touch dir/file
lapbox ~ # chmod -w dir/file
lapbox ~ # rm -R dir
lapbox ~ #
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as NON-ROOT
| Code: | mike@lapbox ~ $ mkdir dir
mike@lapbox ~ $ touch dir/file
mike@lapbox ~ $ chmod -w dir/file
mike@lapbox ~ $ rm -R dir
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `dir/file'? y
mike@lapbox ~ $
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Sorry, I should have been more specific.
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TrueDFX
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:32 am Post subject: |
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As root, | Code: | | # mkdir dir; touch dir/file; chmod -w dir/file; rm -r dir |
doesn't prompt either. That's probably because the file's writable, because you're logged in as root. |
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curtis119
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| TrueDFX wrote: | As root, | Code: | | # mkdir dir; touch dir/file; chmod -w dir/file; rm -r dir |
doesn't prompt either. That's probably because the file's writable, because you're logged in as root. |
hmm, your right. All this time I thought -R was a root specific flag. I've been doing it that way since 1990 or so. You learn something new everyday.
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defkewl
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| tdemarest wrote: |
From the man page:
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-f Do not prompt for confirmation. Do not write diagnostic messages. Do not produce an error return status if the only errors
were nonexisting files.
-i Prompt for confirmation. (In case both -f and -i are given, the last one given takes effect.)
-r or -R
Recursively remove directory trees.
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Thnx very much. But my man page only list these options:
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Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.
--ignore-fail-on-non-empty
ignore each failure that is solely because a directory is non-
empty
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY, then try to remove each directory component of
that path name. E.g., ârmdir -p a/b/câ is similar to ârmdir
a/b/c a/b aâ.
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every directory processed
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
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Why isn't it listed in my manual page? Hmmh. Anyway thnx alot.
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