mdeltree

deletes directories from MS-DOS filesystems

TLDR

Delete directory tree

$ mdeltree [a:dirname]

Delete multiple directories

$ mdeltree [a:dir1] [a:dir2]

Verbose output

$ mdeltree -v [a:dirname]

SYNOPSIS

mdeltree [options] directories

DESCRIPTION

mdeltree deletes directories from MS-DOS filesystems. It removes directories and all contents.The tool is part of mtools. It's the MS-DOS equivalent of rm -rf for FAT filesystems.

PARAMETERS

DIRECTORIES

Directories to delete on MS-DOS disk.

-v

Verbose output.

--help

Display help information.

INSTALL

sudo apt install mtools

sudo dnf install mtools

sudo pacman -S mtools

sudo apk add mtools

sudo zypper install mtools

brew install mtools

nix profile install nixpkgs#mtools

CAVEATS

Part of mtools. FAT filesystem only. Recursively deletes all contents.

HISTORY

mdeltree is part of mtools, providing MS-DOS deltree functionality on Unix systems.