Subject: Re: Where can I find a zapper?
To: Rolf Braun <rbraun@geocities.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/07/1997 15:08:00
> 
> >  I appologise in advance for spamming everyone with this off-topic
> >question, where can I find the src to a directory+contents zapper?  I've
> >used rm -f on other systems I've worked on, but that doesn't work under
> >netbsd.  Anyone know where I can get a program that will delete a
> >directory and it's tree?
> 
> "rm -f"? Never heard of that. Try "rm -r" instead, as in "rm -r /useless.stuff"

Better yet, how about "rm -rf". rm works as usual. -r is the option to
recuse, and -f means don't ask about anything, just do it. -i is the
opposite, and will ask about everything.

Take care,

Bill