[chucker8]

hi all.

I cant for the life of me figure out how to delete all directories and files.

Example Im in /usr/local/mystuff

I want to delete all files, direcotries, and sub-directories under mystuff

Solaris9

how do I do this?
thanks

[chucker8]

im trying:

rm -r direcoryname

but it keeps asking me if I want to examine files? whether is say Y or N, it doesnt delete the freakin directory !

[chucker8]

thanks all. why do i keep getting prompted to examine files or to remove them? i thought the f switch took care of this
thanks!

rm -rf *


rm: examine files in directory dev (yes/no)? yes
rm: examine files in directory dev/sad (yes/no)? yes
rm: remove dev/sad/admin (yes/no)? yes
rm: remove dev/sad/user (yes/no)? yes
rm: remove dev/sad: (yes/no)? yes
rm: examine files in directory dev/dsk (yes/no)?

[chucker8]

i figured out the .bashrc script had an alias for rm -

alias rm = 'rm -i'


thanks

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by chucker8

i figured out the .bashrc script had an alias for rm -

alias rm = 'rm -i'


thanks

Yep, glad you figured it out. I would have answered but I was gong all day yesterday. Alot of systems do it that way. Just to be on the safe side.