[6580] in RedHat Linux List
Re: The rm command
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Wreski)
Thu Nov 28 14:19:14 1996
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 14:18:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Dave Wreski <tel1dvw@is.ups.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611281742.JAA08473@mail.badger1.net>
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On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, BadgerNet wrote:
> try "rm -rf" ....be careful.
No. This is incorrect. Instead of unaliasing rm, he could do 'rm -f'.
If he wants to not be prompted for confirmation, and recursively remove
directories, he could do 'rm -rf'. RTFM.
Dave
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