Deleting a directory

[Ali Helmy]

cd /usr/
rm -rf directory_name

worked just fine... thanks everyone

On 27/03/06, Luc MAIGNAN <luc.maignan at winxpert.com> wrote:
>
> rm -rf /usr/directory
>
> Good luck
>
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> Ali Helmy a écrit :
> > Hey mates,
> >
> > I created a directory under root account in /usr/directory, but now i
> > want to delete it... if i try deleting it through the command line, it
> > wont allow me, because directory is not empty, and with gaim's file
> > browser, i cant delete it because i dont have root priv...
> >
> > so is there some way i can delete a dir from the command line even
> > though it is not empty? or is there some way to give the gaim file
> > browser root privelages?
> >
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