- To: Simon Bryan <sbryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] deltree equivalent
- From: Paul Haddon <phaddon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Feb 22 09:21:02 2001
- Cc: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 08:28:52AM +1100, Simon Bryan wrote:
> Is there an equivalent in Linux to the DOS deltree, that will remove
> folders, files and .files without confirmation? Such a fun command on a
> Windows system, generally goes like:
> cd /
> deltree *
> Oh S***T!!!!!
rm -rf whatever
eg: rm -rf /my_directory
Do it to / and watch your system expire ;)
Paul Haddon
Technical Services Manager
Hartingdale Internet
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