From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   Darklight wrote:   
   > Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> I.m using SeaMonkey Internet Suite as my Browser/E-mail agent, and, to   
   >> give the developers a bit of a hand, I'm using the Beta versions.   
   >> SeaMonkey tries to release a new version every six weeks, and, for each   
   >> release, there can be several Beta's with-in each six-week period.   
   >>   
   >> This means I seem to be forever installing a new version of SeaMonkey,   
   >> and, to save any cross-contamination between versions, before installing   
   >> the new Beta's, I want to completely remove the old version, effectively   
   >> deleting the directory that SeaMonkey and all its sub-directories are in.   
   >>   
   >> In Linux (as root), I seem to be issuing lots of rm *.*'s and hitting   
   >> "Y" heaps with the occasional rd (directory). Back in DOS or Win3/95/98,   
   >> I'd probably have just entered something like "Del *.*" and "job done".   
   >>   
   >> Is there something like this for Linux??   
   >>   
   >> T.I.A.   
   >>   
   >> Daniel   
   >   
   > if you are using kde and have kfind installed. you can go to Konqueror click   
   > on tools->find file enter your search. then highlight what you want to   
   > delete and delete.   
   >   
   > example if i want to delete a load of mpg files say safehouse i would enter   
   > in the search safehouse* and it will find every thing with that name.   
   >   
      
   but I do the installation as Root, so would need to be running   
   Konqueror/Dolphin as Root to delete it, right?   
      
   I've not had much success at doing that in a long time.   
      
   Thanks   
      
   Daniel   
      
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