From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from server1.sidns.com ([69.93.35.66]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CzS4r-0002JM-00 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:06:45 -0500 Received: from dsl-202-173-132-131.nsw.westnet.com.au ([202.173.132.131] helo=localhost.localdomain) by server1.sidns.com with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1CzS4p-0004Pl-73 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 04:06:43 +0000 Received: (nullmailer pid 10214 invoked by uid 1000); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 04:06:33 -0000 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:06:21 +1100 From: Luke Yelavich To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux\." Message-ID: <20050211040620.GA7977@localhost.localdomain> References: <000501c50fea$f55046d0$6a00a8c0@desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000501c50fea$f55046d0$6a00a8c0@desktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server1.sidns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - themuso.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: deleting non-empty directories X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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 04:06:45 -0000 On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:37:05PM EST, Glenn at home wrote: > 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? rm -r directory-name Luke