Allegedly, on or about 21 January 2018, Gordon Messmer sent: > You don't need "-d" to remove directories. The "-r" option will do > that. The "-d" option removes *empty* directories. Well, that'd explain the success in deleting things (they weren't empty). Though I would have expected the command to just ignore an unnecessary option, rather than complain about it being invalid. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 4.14.13-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 11 05:43:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. There is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. Ha ha ha ha... (I couldn't think of a good joke, so I supplied a laugh track, instead.) _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx