At 1:22 PM -0600 11/15/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: ... >...Did you know that >to remove a directory, you should use rmdir, and not rm? There is >also "rm -d <directory>", but that is limited to root, and should be >used with care. What is the benefit of using rmdir rather than rm -rf, other than having to empty the directory first? (I use two steps, ll dir followed by editing the command to be rm -rf.) I don't see any -d option to rm in man rm, info rm, or rm --help (all tests done as root!). -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
