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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Deleting the file only to all the directory and sub directory Post 302271978 by s93366 on Monday 29th of December 2008 08:05:26 AM
Old 12-29-2008
make sure you are in the correct directory before issuing the command:

rm -rf *

will remove all files and directories.

use with care!!!
 

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CHKFONTPATH(8)							   Red Hat, Inc.						    CHKFONTPATH(8)

NAME
chkfontpath - simple interface for adding, removing, and listing directories in the X font server's path SYNOPSIS
chkfontpath [-lqfh] [-a name of directory to add] [-r name of directory to remove] DESCRIPTION
chkfontpath provides a simple method of configuring the directories contained in the X font server's path. As of Red Hat 6.0, all fonts in X are served via this separate font server process, not through the main X server process. This speeds up font rendering, and also allows use of font servers which are not running on the local host. chkfontpath is mainly used by rpm in its %post and %postun sections to add and remove new directories to the server's config file at installation and de-installation time of packages containing fonts. -a, --add=name of directory to add Add a directory to the font path. -r, --remove=name of directory to remove Remove a directory from the font path. -l, --list List all directories in the font path. -q, --quiet Quiet operation; don't display any output to the screen, even when there is an error during operation. -f, --first Requires usage of the add command; puts the specified directory first in the font path, rather than last. -h, --help Show detailed help on the command line. When directories are added to the path, some sanity checking is performed to make sure you are not adding a directory without the file fonts.dir contained in it, which the server needs to be able to render fonts properly. When a path is succesfully added or removed, the xfs process is restarted if it is currently running. RETURN CODES
chkfontpath returns 0 on success, or 1 on error. FILES
/etc/X11/fs/config Configuration file for the X font server (xfs). SEE ALSO
xfs(1),fslsfonts(1) AUTHOR
Written by Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com> REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. 4th Berkeley Distribution Thu Jan 18 2001 CHKFONTPATH(8)
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