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From: Robert Brockway
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:00

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Jason Nunn (jsno@stormfront.com.au) wrote:
: In article <psmlh5.n32.ln@zen> you wrote:
: : Jason Stokes (j.stokes@bohm.anu.edu.au) wrote:

: : Are you really suggesting that if i want to delete 10,000 file i should
: : answer yes to each one?  Remember, unix has no equivalent of deltree for
: : safety reasons.  
:  
: rubbish.
:   
: rm -r  

Reread my original post.  I was saying that unix has no standard utility
whos sole purpose is to delete non-empty directories (although early
versions of rmdir would do this as root).  I refered to rm -rf in my
previous article.
	-Robert

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From: robert@zen.humbug.org.au (Robert Brockway)
Subject: Re: linux/unix?
Date: 1997/04/11
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