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Old 07-22-2006, 12:48 AM
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Use rmdir command.

rmdir {dirname} - delete a directory
rm {filename } delete files or directories

Remove empty xyz directory:
Code:
rmdir xyz
Remove empty data.txt file:
Code:
rm data.txt
Remove directory and sub dirs with rm:
Code:
rm -rf photos
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