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Old 12-06-2007, 10:30 PM
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How do I actually delete a directory in Linux? I've tried 'rm' but this doesn't seem to do the trick.
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Old 12-28-2007, 06:34 PM
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You need to delete the directory recursively.
This can be done by providing the "-r"-argument.
Code:
$ rm -r <directory>
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