From: "Paul E.C. Melis" <paul@...>
Date: 2002-06-25T23:12:59+09:00
Subject: Re: rm -rf

"Bil Kleb" <W.L.Kleb@larc.nasa.gov> wrote in message
news:3D186E3A.3B9747FF@LaRC.NASA.Gov...
> How do I do the equivalent of a Unix `rm -rf directory` command?
>
> (This is for a GNU/Linux box.)

I'm curious, rm -rf will just as well work for a GNU/Linux box, so I guess
you don't simply want to execute this as a shell command from your Ruby
script with `rm -rf <dir>`?

Paul