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Subject: [linux-help] Re: How to delete a large directory
From: Michael Osten <mosten@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 21 Apr 2003 20:18:02 -0500
Reply-to: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx 
On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 20:09, John Goerzen wrote:
> That's not the normal rm behavior, but some distributions do force that on
> you.
> 
> Try rm -rf dirname.  That means "I *REALLY* mean it", so be careful :-)

Yes, really careful.  I once deleted /etc on a production box because I
was sleepy.

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Michael Osten


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