From: jim@jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk   
      
   On 14/03/2013 11:11, 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??   
   >   
      
   You presumably have an alias defined "rm = rm -i" you can either remove   
   the alias or use rm -f to stop being prompted. To delete directories and   
   their contents use "rm -r". I think that the two options can be combined   
   as "rm -fr".   
      
   See "man rm" for more info.   
      
   Jim   
      
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