[thelist] Telnet Command to Delete Directories?

Anthony Baratta Anthony at Baratta.com
Wed Aug 2 21:41:58 CDT 2000


"Gina K. Anderson" wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Anyone know real quick what the UNIX Apache command is to
> delete directories even if they have files in them. I need
> to wipe a 100 MB site, and going folder by folder, file by
> file through FTP is getting to be a pain.
> 
> I tried rmdir, but it tells me the directory is not empty--I
> don't care, I just want them all gone!!! :)

Use with extreme caution.....

	rm -Rf <target directory or wild card>

Please triple check you are in the right directory AND typing the correct targets.

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