Go to the directory above the directory you want to delete and type rm-rf directory name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn@home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:37 PM Subject: deleting non-empty directories > I have been trying to remove some messed up directories in my ftp > directories. > I have tried rmdir DirName > and this does not work because they are not empty, and I cannot get into > them since their folder names are causing me problems. > What is the command for deleting non-empty folders? > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup