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Old July 15th, 2004, 01:22 PM
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Delete entire directory via SSH
Hi,

What Unix command must I enter to delete an entire non-empty directory in SSH?

I was using "rm -r dirname", but it kept asking if I wanted to delete each file in there - is there a "yes to all" switch to use?

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-f
be vewy vewy caweful


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Code:
man rm


followed by:

Code:
/-f<enter>


that is "slash minus eff" and the enter button.

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a stupid + often encountered case: your 'rm' is NOT
/bin/rm but an alias to 'rm -i'
unalias it or enter the absolute path: {/usr}/bin/rm
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