Re: Removing downloaded Oracle software

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 16:02:56 +0100
Message-ID: <7765c8970905150802s43f5a6d0oeafe59cabc07045c_at_mail.gmail.com>

or indeed echoing the out put of ls -al to a tenp file first so you can see what you are about to delete.
Niall
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:37 PM, <TESTAJ3_at_nationwide.com> wrote:

>
> /bin/rm -fr directory or if you're paranoid like me,
>
> cd DIRECTORY
> rm -fr *
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> From: "J. Dex" <cemail_219_at_hotmail.com> To: <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> Date: 05/15/2009 10:36 AM Subject: Removing downloaded Oracle software Sent
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> I am nervous about doing this since it is Linux versus other OS. What is
> the correct command to use to remove a directory and all of the files that
> fall under that directory without receiving questions back about whether or
> not want to remove various files within the that directory? In other
> words, using the example below, I want to remove the
> "directory_to_be_removed" including any files that are in it without having
> to respond yes repeatedly? The directory being removed is actually
> downloaded Oracle software from CD (but not the location where the install
> of the software itself is actually located at).
>
> /u04/db_files/directory_to_be_removed
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