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carbon333
Guest
By typing in the terminal:
rm -rf /path/to/the/directory
rm -rf /path/to/the/directory
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rpatt
Guest
You do need to make sure that you have write permissions to remove the directory, sub directories. If you run into permission problems, you can do
chmod -R +w directory-name
and then
rm -rf directory-name
chmod -R +w directory-name
and then
rm -rf directory-name
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forestplay
Guest
Be aware that 'rm -rf directory-name' is powerful. As in, dangerous. Use with caution.
-Bob "Know from experience"
-Bob "Know from experience"
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ehansen
Guest
The meanest prank to pull on a Linux beginner is getting them into root and telling them to run "rm -rf /".
Also, this works too:
find . -exec "rm -rf {}"\;
I believe that's the command anywho. Been a while since I used find's exec switch.
Also, this works too:
find . -exec "rm -rf {}"\;
I believe that's the command anywho. Been a while since I used find's exec switch.
OP
Rob
Guest
I have a rule that I always type in the full path to whatever i'm using 'rm -rf' on.. I'll also preach it to anyone i'm teaching..
IE: if you're root and you are in /home/rob/Downloads/ and want to remove the /home/rob/Downloads/etc/ directory, type in the full path to it.. you don't want to accidently wipe out /etc/
(also, don't run around as root unless you have to!)
IE: if you're root and you are in /home/rob/Downloads/ and want to remove the /home/rob/Downloads/etc/ directory, type in the full path to it.. you don't want to accidently wipe out /etc/
(also, don't run around as root unless you have to!)
