UNIX question

[Zack]

I recently (for fun) installed phpBB on my server. I decided to delete it after I was finished. But there's hundreds of files and subdirectories...and using my FTP program connecting to the UNIX server, I made an unpleasant discovery: I can't delete directories that aren't empty.
Is there anything I can do that will save me the trouble of searching through the dir struct deleting hundreds of files, painstakingly, one dir at a time?

[Plasma]

If your FTP program doesn't suck, it should recurse the directories and automatically delete all nested directories and files for you....try SmartFTP if your FTP program sucks...

[Zack]

I'm using WS_FTP. I'll try some different clients.

[oracle]

Melikes gFTP, but that's for linux...

I haven't found the "delete all contents and directories" in WS_FTP either...

[potato]

Yo plasma... mayhaps you have an "alert-disabler" ;D for SmartFTP? I've been using it a while and I'm getting annoyed at the "Register Me" message.

RightFTP is a decent piece of work also.

[Plasma]

Of course.

[Zack]

SmartFTP! Excellent! Nice piece of work, as potato would say.
Thanks.

[LooseCaboose]

If you have telnet access you can use the following (it may work with some ftp programs aswell):

Code:

$ rm -Rf directory

The R is for recursive and the f stands for force, just be careful with it because it wont ask questions before deleting everything.

[Zack]

Thanks.
Actually, they advertise telnet access with my hosting plan. But I have no idea how to get to it. :???:

[wildcard]

Thanks.
Actually, they advertise telnet access with my hosting plan. But I have no idea how to get to it. :???:

Download puttytel, its a good telnet/SSH client program. You can get it at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtat...nload.html.