copy and paste this google map to your website or blog!
Press copy button and paste into your blog or website.
(Please switch to 'HTML' mode when posting into your blog. Examples: WordPress Example, Blogger Example)
What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User What do you mean they give the same result? rm -r emptydir removes that directory, rm -f emptydir does not These are two completely different command line options, each doing whatever its documentation says is doing
linux - Argument list too long error for `rm -rf - Super User I thought this issue was fixed in Linux like 10 years ago 4000 files really doesn't seem too excessive and should be able to be removed no problem So this issue clearly exists in OS X - maybe not
What does rm -rf do? - Super User The rm command removes files The -r option will perform a recursive removal and the -f option will remove files without prompting you to confirm that you wish to have them removed, even if you would otherwise be prompted as to whether you wish to remove them due to the files permissions E g , if you type rm -rf somedirectory, the command will remove all files and subdirectories beneath the
Is there a scenario where rm -rf --no-preserve-root is needed? In that case, rm -rf --no-preserve-root will delete the system in the chroot environment but will leave yours intact I am sure there are more possible reasons, but in general it seems a very reasonable approach that my system allows me to do whatever I want with it
find: -exec rm {} \; vs. -delete - why is the former widely . . . The -exec rm is not recommendable on many systems, for reasons I gave - lack of support, or a desire to restrict process count "widely recommended" does not mean ideal for all circumstances, and failing to address that assumption seems irresponsible
How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesnt exist? So rm will warn you if you try to delete a file you don't have write permissions on This is allowed if you have write permissions on the directory but is a little weird, which is why rm normally warns you about it
unix - Why does \rm work but rm doesnt? - Super User usually the rm command is aliased to rm -i You can remove that alias if you don't need it by doing rm='rm', also to make it automatic take a look at bash configuration files