Yep, recursive is even more dangerous -f will only work if the taget directory is devoid of any files
Martin On 28 May 2010 11:01, Jonathan Gowar <j...@whiteheat.org.uk> wrote: > Very good Grasshoper! Clearly, you are not focusing only on the finger, > but all the heavenly glory ;) > > Oooops! Sorry Richard, quite right, treat rm with respect else it will > eat you! Of course, it's not just -f that's needed, a -r would also be > require to nuke a directory tree to the ground ;) > > On 28/05/10 09:23, Martin Nix wrote: > > Danger Will Robinson - the rm command should be : > > > > rm /mnt/home/foo > > > > (not that it would have worked without a -f but the implication was > > pretty bad) - agree the rest, would also suggest checking > > permissions/ownership on your home > > > > If the diskspace looks acceptable, then run "touch /mnt/home/foo" if > > there's a problem writing to the disk, this command will spew out an > > error message. If it doesn't run "rm /mnt/home" to remove the file. > > > > Let us know what happens with the above suggestions, unless anyone > else > > as an elegant solution? > > > > Cheers, > > Jon > > -- > All postal correspondence to: Positive House, 24 Broadway, London. W13 0SU > > The Positive Internet Company Limited is registered in England and Wales. > Registered company number: 3673639. VAT no: 726 7072 28. > Registered office: Northside House, Mount Pleasant, Barnet, Herts, EN4 9EE. > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >
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