Remove directory

[RossMAN]

What's the SSH shell command to remove a directory and all of it's subfolders?

Thanks.

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What's the SSH shell command to remove a directory and all of it's subfolders?

Thanks.

SSH? In DOS, it's 'deltree', if that's any help.

 

[Nohr]

I don't use SSH, but maybe this is it:
rm -r [directoryname]

 

[RossMAN]

No it's not in DOS I guess it's considered Unix.

I searched Google and found out it's rmdir but I get an error message stating
"bash-2.05a$ rmdir forums
rmdir: `forums': Directory not empty

Anyway to override that?

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
No it's not in DOS I guess it's considered Unix.

I searched Google and found out it's rmdir but I get an error message stating
"bash-2.05a$ rmdir forums
rmdir: `forums': Directory not empty

Anyway to override that?

Sounds just like DOS....deltree would delete even if files still existed. Sorry I can't help you 🙁

 

[AgentEL]

if it helps, in UNIX, use "rm -R <dir>"

that will go into the directory itself and delete files and finally delete the directory itself.

 

[yllus]

Try rd <directoryname> on an empty directory. 🙂

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What's the SSH shell command to remove a directory and all of it's subfolders?

Sigh, you'd think with nearly 30k posts you'd figure this isn't an OT post 😉
Bill

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: JC

Originally posted by: RossMAN
No it's not in DOS I guess it's considered Unix.

I searched Google and found out it's rmdir but I get an error message stating
"bash-2.05a$ rmdir forums
rmdir: `forums': Directory not empty

Anyway to override that?

Sounds just like DOS....deltree would delete even if files still existed. Sorry I can't help you 🙁

It's nothing like DOS. Stop speaking out of your butt. 😛

RossMAN, can't you use an FTP client to delete the directory? I think WSFTP will just go through and pulverize all the subdirs of a directory if you want.

As for the SSH, I try not to muck around with that any more than I have to. I'm deathly afraid of screwing something up. 🙂

 

[Derango]

Its not a SSH shell command, you're running bash there, which is a linux shell, so you're looking for the linux command to delete a directory.

And its rm -r <directory name>

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What's the SSH shell command to remove a directory and all of it's subfolders?

Sigh, you'd think with nearly 30k posts you'd figure this isn't an OT post 😉
Bill

It's RossMAN, he's exempt from such piddly rules.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What's the SSH shell command to remove a directory and all of it's subfolders?

Sigh, you'd think with nearly 30k posts you'd figure this isn't an OT post 😉
Bill

postcount != topicness

 

[stars]

Hey,

Try rm -rf Directory.

The "f" meaning "Do not prompt for confirmation. Do not write diagnostic messages. Do not produce an error return status if the only errors were nonexisting files.

Hope this helps.

 

[yoda291]

rm -rf <directory>

It's also entirely possible you could have already deleted it ross. You just don't know! 😛

 

[RossMAN]

rm -rf forums

worked like a charm, thanks!

Where do I find a complete list of commands for n00b's?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
rm -rf forums

worked like a charm, thanks!

Where do I find a complete list of commands for n00b's?

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~blairc/stat/tips/unix/

http://www.stanford.edu/group/dcg/leland-docs/unixcomm.html

http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/intro-137.html