Date: 1 Jul 2018 17:24:54 -0500 From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> To: "Paul Schmehl" <paul.schmehl@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem deleting files Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.21.1807011723400.48566@ary.local> In-Reply-To: <E90E9AD551526FDA45C57E3A@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <20180701202153.A94AA28BD3C2@ary.local> <010DDED160955AC68C7EFA46@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <alpine.OSX.2.21.1807011556150.48232@ary.local> <E90E9AD551526FDA45C57E3A@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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> # rm -fr . > rm: "." and ".." may not be removed Oh, ok, then go one level up. If your directory is callled abc $ rm -rf abc the -r recursor uses a library that can handle arbitrarily large sets of files. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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