From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=gwen) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CzUFG-0003ZR-00 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:25:38 -0500 Received: from merlin.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.138]) (AUTH: LOGIN jbahm@pcdesk.net, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by gwen with esmtp; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:24:50 -0700 id 03800479.420C4FB2.00002772 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:26:10 -0700 (MST) From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: Glenn at home , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <000501c50fea$f55046d0$6a00a8c0@desktop> Message-ID: References: <000501c50fea$f55046d0$6a00a8c0@desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 06:25:39 -0000 Glen, Try this: rm -rf "dirname" Notice the quotation marks. -- Profanity is the language all programmers know best. Joseph C. Lininger jbahm@pcdesk.net Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, 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? > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >