mdeltree(1)

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version 4.0.49 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

mdeltree — recursively delete an MSDOS directory and its contents 💅 like it's giving "begone, entire folder, and everything you brought with you"

⚠️ NOTE OF WARNING ⚠️

Okay bestie, real talk first. This manpage was automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation, and it may not be entirely accurate or complete. 😭 No cap. See the end of this man page for the details on that whole situation.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The mdeltree command is used to delete an MS-DOS file. Its syntax is:

mdeltree [-v] msdosdirectory [msdosdirectories...]

mdeltree removes a directory and all the files and subdirectories it contains from an MS-DOS file system. 🗑️✨ Full sweep, no crumbs left.

An error occurs if the directory to be removed does not exist. 💀 Not me trying to delete something that was never there. The vibe check fails and you get an error, periodt.

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

  • Mtools' texinfo doc

🎀 VIEWING THE TEXI DOC 🎀

This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to use the original texinfo doc. 🔥 See the end of this manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo doc.

  • To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands:
./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
  • To generate a html copy, run:
./configure; make html

A premade html can be found at http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html

  • To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run:
./configure; make info

The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the quoting conventions used in info. 🙈✨

Quick aside, bestie: the texi doc is the main character here — this manpage is lowkey just its approximation era.

And that's a wrap! 💖 This little rewrite comes to you from mtools-4.0.49, dated 14Jun25, and the original page signs off as mdeltree(1). Slay, go delete responsibly. 🦋

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