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don't do ai and code kids (infosec.pub)
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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wait, what do people use other than rmdir?

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't have a Windows computer on hand, but I think del works on directories? I'm going by very old memories here

[–] T156@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Del is files, Rmdir is directories.

Running del on folders just leaves an empty tree.