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Posted by wayne on 08/30/06 22:54
Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> wayne wrote:
> <snip>
>> It looks like your server could be Linux based, is this correct? If
>> so, you could delete the directory that the file is in (I believe that
>> was your original intention) with rm -rf path/directory
>>
>> rm is remove and -rf means recursive (everything inside the directory)
>> and force (do it even if there are errors).
>
> Except I doubt that her hosting company allows here access to the shell.
>
I may have missed something in the preceding posts, but I thought she
mentioned using DELE?
You are probably correct though.
I failed to caution about the immediacy and non-reversible attributes
of using this command. rm -rf / can remove everything on your webserver
in an instant (there is no "Are you sure?") requiring the ISP to reload
your site directories to make it usable again.
--
Wayne
http://www.glenmeadows.us
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things
and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil
things, that takes religion.
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