From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp2.cableone.net ([24.116.0.228] helo=S2.cableone.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CzRc8-0001w9-00 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:37:04 -0500 Received: from desktop (unverified [24.117.7.248]) by S2.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S2) with ESMTP id 10085584 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:41:11 -0700 Message-ID: <000501c50fea$f55046d0$6a00a8c0@desktop> From: "Glenn at home" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:37:05 -0600 Organization: Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 103, in=42, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.7.248 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net Subject: deleting non-empty directories X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn at home , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:37:04 -0000 I have been trying to remove some messed up directories in my ftp directories. I have tried rmdir DirName and this does not work because they are not empty, and I cannot get into them since their folder names are causing me problems. What is the command for deleting non-empty folders? Thanks