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Use rm -r for that ( rm -r /path/to/dir )<BR>
On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 13:10 -0500, anthony baldwin wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Shouldn´t "sudo rm -d [directory name] remove a directory?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">rmdir will only remove empty dirs, and I am trying to remove a dir</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and it´s contents.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I do</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">sudo rm --directory -f music</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and get</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">rm: cannot remove `music': Is a directory</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">thanks</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tony</FONT>
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