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Started by Prog, Aug 20 2008 07:10 AM

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Prog
Posted 20 August 2008 - 07:10 AM

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I'm trying to delete the mail items in a directory but when I execute this command:


rm -rf *

I get this error:

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bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

Anyone have any ideas how I can delete these files?

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Posted 21 August 2008 - 05:35 AM

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What about just deleting the directory and then recreate it? Does that work?
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