rmdir when directory is not empty

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 13:20, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote:
>> OR rm -fr /dir/dir-delete-me
>
>That won't work on directories that have tens of thousands of files.
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Oh?  That must mean that all those kernel src dir leftovers I've 
cleaned over the years are still around then.  But I can't find them.

The pony trick is to use, as root, rm -fR name-of-directory

For a built kernel tree, it takes about 10-12 seconds on an XP2800 
athlon, and I'd imagine there are well over 5000 files in that tree 
once built.  But gone they are.  Note that the last time I read the 
manpage on rm, the uppercase and lowercase R/r's had different 
meanings.

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