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saltpro15

Mon May 11, 2009 3:41 pm


geany problem

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Hey guys,

just got the IDE geany for ubuntu and installed a new theme for it, but for some reason the filedefs folder copied to my desktop, and it's irritating.  it also won't let me move or delete it, since I'm not using the root account, and sudo doesn't work, any ideas?

I tried sudo rm filedefs
but it errors out saying filedefs is a directory


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DemonWasp

Mon May 11, 2009 4:01 pm


RE:geany problem

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You need the -r flag on remove commands used to remove a directory. It means "recursive", so it deletes everything in that directory and everything within it.

Keep in mind that this will almost certainly prevent geany from doing its thing correctly.

For more information on any command, use "man ".


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saltpro15

Mon May 11, 2009 4:31 pm


RE:geany problem

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I'll just re-install it if it messes it up I suppose.  thanks DemonWasp


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DtY

Mon May 11, 2009 8:32 pm


RE:geany problem

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you can also use -f to force it, so it wont fail if it can't find one of the files, and wont prompt you:
# rm -rf 
Otherwise it will ask you if you are sure you want to delete it file individually.