deleting files and directories

[JIM WECHTER]

how do you delete a directory and its contents?
do you really have to
cd name
rm *
cd ..
rmdir name

or is there an easier way?

[T G Manikandan · Accepted solution]

to delete a dir

rm -r "directory name"

Just be sure that you are in the right path.
Else it is good to delete in using a absolute path like

rm -r /home1/abc

Also you can forcefully delete

rm -rf /home1/abc


THanks

[Alex Glennie]

try rm -R

[PIYUSH D. PATEL]

Hi,

Do a rm -rf /data/oracle ( f- forceful )

# rm -i ( Interactive mode - Ask whether you want to delete or not )

Piyush

[Peter Kloetgen]

Hi,

this is very simple:

rm -r /path/to/directory

rm -rf /path/to/directory

or, to be sure just to delete the files you really want to delete:

rm -ri /path/to/directory

--> asks for confirmation for each file and the directory itself to be deleted

Allways stay on the bright side of life!

Peter

[PIYUSH D. PATEL]

Hi,

If you delete the files in any directories they you can remove it later using rmdir. But if some more directories are present it would not allow you to remove the directory name thro rmdir.

Piyush

[Olav Baadsvik]

Hi

Just an advise:

Make a habit of always doing a pwd
before you do an rm -r
One day you will be happy you did it.

Olav