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Date:      Fri, 3 May 2002 14:24:58 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        "Defryn, Guy" <G.P.Defryn@massey.ac.nz>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How do I delete directories and subdirectories at once
Message-ID:  <20020503142458.D56548@k7.mavetju.org>
In-Reply-To: <98B01D2717B9D411B38F0008C7840931057F3803@its-xchg2.massey.ac.nz>; from G.P.Defryn@massey.ac.nz on Fri, May 03, 2002 at 04:18:42PM %2B1200
References:  <98B01D2717B9D411B38F0008C7840931057F3803@its-xchg2.massey.ac.nz>

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On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 04:18:42PM +1200, Defryn, Guy wrote:
> This is probably a silly question but I cannot figure out how to
> delete directories, subdirectories and all files in one go.

recursive removing: rm -r

Edwin

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