Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 10:48:08 -0800 From: Dan Mahoney <dmahoney@pe.net> To: Mauricio Marquez <mmarquez@enlace.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: deleting a nasty directory entry Message-ID: <20000203104808.B23033@pe.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20000203123116.016b1d40@enlace.net>; from Mauricio Marquez on Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 12:31:17PM -0600 References: <3.0.32.20000203123116.016b1d40@enlace.net>
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On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 12:31:17PM -0600, Mauricio Marquez wrote: > > I went with rm -i * but it says some weird characters (different that what > appears in the ls display) is a directory. Now there´s no way I can match > those weird characters to try to do an RMDIR ´weird chars´ and there´s no > RMDIR -i option. Try using "rm -ri *" instead of "rm -i *". The -r makes it a recursive command - that is, it says to delete all the directory contents, then delete the directory itself. Just be REALLY sure to include the -i! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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