Re: [tlug] everlasting directory

[Michael Doughty <Doughty_Michael@example.com>]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:05:46 +0900, Mauro Sauco wrote:
> On Thursday 11 July 2002 01:52 pm, Michael Doughty wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:22:25 +0900, Mauro Sauco wrote:
> > > just "rm -rf"    :)
> >
> > vs.
> >
> > > On Thursday 11 July 2002 01:09 pm, Eric O. Flores wrote:
> > > > Fixed with your suggestion within /home/eoflores/Desktop/ then 'rm -rf
> > > > dammed it when into a 5 minute run then the dammed directory was gone.
> >
> > And the difference is?  Or were you trying to suggest he just wipe out
> > his whole Desktop directory as well?  Or perhaps this was a joke and I
> > missed it.
> 
> NO, I meant, it is funny that just a simple "rm -rf" solved the problem. The 
> thing is I assumed he already have tried that :

Yeah, I actually wasn't surprised.  I remembered him saying that he was
trying to delete via a GUI, which doesn't really classify as trying.[1]


Michael

[1] "GUIs are evil, use the command line, one true way, blah blah, 
rant rant, etc."