At 15:08 7/3/97, Bill Studenmund wrote:
>> >  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
[snip]
>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.

--Indeed. And better still, here's two things that might also help.

1) Since you don't seem to know the rm flags, it's probably safest to warn
you that if you do 'rm -rf *' it will wipe everything from the directory
you are in downwards, without asking. Serious stuff...be very careful.

2) Have you, I wonder, tried 'man rm' as well? That will also provide help
with all the flags if you need it....

Sorry - but I hate seeing 'rm -rf' mentioned without a serious health
warning attached ;-) *grin*

Jon.

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