[plug] /Newbie - Removing non empty directories

[Scott, Simon]

rm -fR directory_name

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnshaw, Mike [mailto:earnshawm at wa.switch.aust.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2000 11:11
> To: PLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: [plug] /Newbie - Removing non empty directories
> 
> 
> List,
> 
> How do you remove non empty directories in Linux?
> 
> I have tried:
> 
> rmdir * --ignore-fail-on-non-empty
> 
> and
> 
> rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty *
> 
> also tried using specific directory names instead of *
> 
> Neither worked. I appreciate the danger of -r, which I am 
> **not** using.
> 
> If I wanted to do this on a regular basis, typing in the 
> above switches
> (assuming they worked) would be tedious (probably an 
> intentional thing), can
> I set an alias up for this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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