anyone know a unix command for...

[spanky]

hello all,

i have a question, which i hope has a fairly simple solution. is there a Unix command that is similar to the "deltree" command from windows? basically, what i want to do is to be able to delete a directory, which also has other files and/or directories within it. when i use the "rm" command, it tells me that the dir is not empty. is there an easy way to just blow it away in a single command? i would appreciate any suggestion you might have. thank you.


-spanky

 

[Ameesh]

rm - rf

 

[Ameesh]

it means rm (with recursive, force parameters)

 

[StevenYoo]

rm -rf /bin/laden/

 

[Nitemare]

For future information...
type in man rm

the man "manuals" are available for most commands and do tell you what all the flags are and what they mean.

 

[ProviaFan]

Yes, it's...

rm -rf /folder/to/delete/goes/here

rm -rf /bin/laden/

Excellent!

Or how about...

kill -s EXTERMINATE bin_laden