[thelist] telnet and deleting directories

[Jan-Willem Swane]

Adrian Fischer:
>
>I need to zap a whole heap of directories I have uploaded by mistake.  My
>ftp program will only allow me to delete empty directories.  Its very
>tedious having to go into heaps of dir to delete files and so it goes.
>
>Can I telnet in and delete the directories while they have files in them?
>
>I know it is fraught with danger but I'm living dangerously and loving it.

You could do

	rm -Rf directoryname

-R makes the remove command recursive, -f attempts to remove the files without prompting for confirmation, regardless of the file's permissions.

This is a dangerous command. Making a local copy first would be a wise idea.

groeten, Jan-Willem