Re: Rm doesn't work

[Bob Proulx]

cody wang wrote:
> 
> I am trying to use rm -rd <dir>, but it doesn't work. It asks me to
> delete each file one by one as well.

First, never use the -d option.  While the documentation does not come
out and say so, it is an expert only, superuser only option.  :-)

Second, if you want to avoid getting prompts before deleting files
then use the -f option.

  rm -rf <dir>

Bob