rm -d...why won´t this remove a directory?

[anthony baldwin]

Bruce Ferrell wrote:
> you have to do rm -Rf
> 
> anthony baldwin wrote:
>> Shouldn´t "sudo rm -d [directory name] remove a directory?
>> rmdir will only remove empty dirs, and I am trying to remove a dir
>> and it´s contents.
>> I do
>> sudo rm --directory -f music
>> and get
>> rm: cannot remove `music': Is a directory
>>
>> thanks
>> tony
>>
> 

Thanks, Bruce...

Actually, moments after sending this last msg, I re-read the man
page and figured out that I wanted rm -r.
That worked.

thanks
tony

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