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Re: rmdir problem in Molinux
From: |
Brian Dessent |
Subject: |
Re: rmdir problem in Molinux |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:12:03 -0800 |
"M. David Frost" wrote:
> rmdir filename (error message - directory not empty)
>
> rmdir -rf filename (error message - invalid option -- r)
>
> When I type:
>
> dir filename
>
> the directory is empty.
It may not be empty. ls doesn't show everything by default. Files that
begin with "." for example are not shown. You need to use "ls -a" (or
-A if you don't want to see . and ..) or similar to see them.
[ Also, that you are using "dir" and not the usual "ls" suggests some
background in DOS/Windows. I suggest you don't let this confuse you, as
many concepts are similar but completely different in the details, such
as this case of ls not listing dot-files. So throw out the old
knowledge, and instead just sit down with "info coreutils" and browse. ]
> Does the Molinux distribution not support -rf? And what is the solution?
-r and -f are options for rm, not rmdir. They are different commands.
Note that you can always run "command --help" or "info command" or "man
command" if you want to see what options it supports.
Brian