Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 23:12:04 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: frankg@idfw.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I erase an entire directory Message-ID: <199805220312.XAA11495@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <002a01bd8505$15bd4c60$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com> from Frank Griffith at "May 21, 98 05:09:08 pm"
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Frank Griffith wrote:
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> I am still getting use to installing ports and make some
> mistakes when I do. Each time I install and things aren't
> quite right, I erase everything and reinstall the port. My
> problem is I can't seem to figure out how to erase an
> entire directory. If it has files in it, I can't just type rmdir
> without doing each directory, starting at the bottom of the
> tree. Can someone tell me if there is a command similar
> to deltree in DOS for FreeBSD.
>
In MSDOG, there is a command, DELTREE, similar to Unix's "rm -r name-of-dir".
Dave
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