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Re: Found One doubt in rmdir cmd
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Found One doubt in rmdir cmd |
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Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:29:56 -0700 |
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According to manjunath jogalli on 12/26/2006 6:15 AM:
> Hi,
> address@hidden home]# rmdir test
> rmdir: `test': Directory not empty
>
> In above its saying Directory not empty to delete the folder test ok
> .But My
> question is if supposse the owener of the directory
> and one who wants to delete the directory , in this case we can delete the
> directory with out asking - rmdir: `test': Directory not empty.
> May i Know Whats the reson .
coreutils isn't lying - it is impossible to rmdir a non-empty directory.
Perhaps you wanted 'rm -R test' instead?
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