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From: terry@wsccs.UUCP (terry)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: recursive deletion
Message-ID: <254@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: 4 Mar 88 05:09:51 GMT
References: <2202@bsu-cs.UUCP> <14193@hc.DSPO.GOV>
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Summary: OR...

In article <14193@hc.DSPO.GOV>, whitfill@hc.DSPO.GOV (Jim Whitfill) writes:
] in article <2202@bsu-cs.UUCP>, cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP (Sir Xetwnk) says:
] > In article <567004@mail.uwa.oz>, j_smartt@mail.uwa.oz writes:
] >> G'day!,
] >> 	does anybody have a VMS/DCL procedure to simulate the UNIX
] >> "rm -r *.*" command - i.e. to recursively remove all files at and below
] >> a given directory?
] >> 
] >> Thanks,
] >> Jeff.
] The following is a program (recursive in DCL) and an associated sub-
] program that will recursively delete directories and subdirectories,
] including the root directory.
[an OBSCENELY large program which works nicely deleted]

Or you could log onto your Utrix system and do the following:

rm -rf VMSVAX::[DIR]

				:-)

			terry@wsccs