rmdir when directory is not empty

[Chasecreek Systemhouse]

On 12/20/05, kebbelj at scripting-solutions.com
<kebbelj at scripting-solutions.com> wrote:
> In the GUI, I can trash a non-empty directory with a right-click and Move to Trash. What command line option would I use with rmdir to remove a non-empty directory?


The best way to nuke a directory is -

# Delete the files.
su - -c "find /path/to/dirName -type f -exec rm -f {} \;"

# Delete the directory paths.
su - -c "rmdir -p /path/to/dirName"

HTH/Bill
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