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Single command to delete a directory

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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:

Write a command that will delete the john directory, and all of its contents. The problem I can't firgure out is how to create a absoute path to the john directory. I'm in the paul working directory which is cd ../john away, so the paul and john directorys are children directorys to the home directory

2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:

rm -r john

3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):

rm -r john ../john

4. School (University) and Course Number:UWM Into to unix
 

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set directory to skulk(1m)												set directory to skulk(1m)

NAME
set directory to skulk - Starts the skulk of a directory immediately SYNOPSIS
cdscp set directory directory-name to skulk ARGUMENTS
The full name of the directory. DESCRIPTION
The set directory to skulk command starts the skulk of a directory immediately. The CDS control program prompt cdscp> does not return until the skulk is complete. The amount of time for the skulk to complete is dependent on the location, number, and availability of repli- cas of the directory. Privilege Required You must have administer, write, insert, or delete permission to the directory. The server principal needs administer, read, and write permission to the directory. NOTE
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE. EXAMPLE
The following command initiates a skulk on the /.:/admin directory: cdscp> set directory /.:/admin to skulk RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: add directory(1m), create directory(1m), delete directory(1m), list directory(1m), remove directory(1m), set directory to new epoch(1m), show directory(1m) set directory to skulk(1m)
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