ubuntu command for delete please - resolved (sort of)

[Shaun Branden]

On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 10:16:08AM +1030, Denise Tzumli wrote:

> The sort of resolution is I tried the simple:
> 
> rm /windows/programfiles/adobe  was told no such file or directory

Try going into each directory and having a look around before deleting
things. For instance:
cd /windows
ls
this way you can make sure the directory exists and double check that
you are removing the right files.

> then rm /Windows/Program Files/Adobe  and was told
> rm: cannot remove `/Windows/Program': No such file or directory
> rm: cannot remove `Files/Adobe': No such file or directory

linux/ unix shells usually use spaces to separate arguments to commands,
so what you have done here is:
rm /Windows/Program
rm Files/Adobe

Be careful with this one as it might bite one day.
For instance rm -rf /Windows/Program Files/Adobe as the super user would
probably cause you quite a headache

You could try:
rm /Windows/Program\ Files/Adobe
or
rm "/Windows/Program Files/Adobe"
to make the shell happier. Personally I would carefully look around each
directory first though.

> Methinks I'm looking in the wrong place, perhaps /Windows is 
> actually the windows partition.
> Anyway, thanks for the help so far, I'll fiddle around with these 
> things for a bit first, following up the references. As you are 
> all aware along the journey to find the actual fix, you get to 
> learn all sorts of other things along the way  :)

shaun
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