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RE: Empty a directory

D'oh!

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Scott Klement
Envoyé : jeudi 24 septembre 2009 11:31
À : Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Objet : Re: Empty a directory

Try this:

QSH CMD('rm -R /myDir/*')



David FOXWELL wrote:
Hi ,

is there a command that recursively deletes everything in a
directory except tha directory?

eg QSH CMD('rm -R /myDir')

deletes everything in myDir. I don't want to lose myDir.

Thanks.

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