Example 1-7 Erasing a directory rm

• We always need to erase directories of files that we do not need. In this example first copy directory mloc to a new directtory named mloc2 using following command,

• cp -rf mloc mloc2

• Then use following command to erase directory mloc2,

• rm -rf mloc2

• be careful in using rm -rf because this command without asking your confirmation, will erase all files inside a given directory including all of its subdirectories.