[wplug] removing directories

[Benjamin Rice]

Hi,

What would work for you is rm -rf.  The reason why it is doing this is
because in your /etc/profile or /etc/bashrc there is an alias for rm that
has it prompting you for deltion of files while as root. The option that 
prompts is -i.  If you type alias you will see the aliases.  Hope this
helps.

Ben Rice

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Weber, Larry A wrote:

> The process of building and installing new programs or libraries usually
> involves the creation of many temporary directories.  Is there an easy way
> to delete these directories after I complete the installation. (Something
> like windows, deltree).
> 
> As root I have tried rmdir and rm -d,  neither of which will remove a
> directory containing a file.  rm -r works but prompts me before deleting
> every file.  I also noticed that rm asks me to confirm every delete.  I
> thought it would only do that with the -i option.
> 
> I have found a file titled 'core' in my home directory and another in my
> /root directory, different dates and sizes.  They are large files 2 to 8
> meg.  I don't know what created them.  Can they be removed?
> 
> (Distro is RH7.1)
> 
> -laweber
> 
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