n800 and 'others-menu'

[eagleis]

Im a newb when it comes to Linux so bare with me.. I created a new menu folder but but now want to delete it. I could not find a way to delete it through the OS, so i decided to follow the steps documented in this forum to accomplish this with xterm.

The problem im having, is that the others-menu folder only displays some of the menu folders, but not all

Here is the examples:

Nokia-N800-51:/etc/others-menu# ls
0300_osso_rss_feed_reader.desktop 1400_tana_fi_utilities
0301_osso-xterm.desktop 2100_tana_fi_games
0500_osso_pdfviewer.desktop 2300_osso-global-search.desktop
0600_osso-addressbook.desktop 2400_osso_help.desktop
1100_filemanager.desktop
Nokia-N800-51:/etc/others-menu#


Its probably something simple im missing.. Any ideas?

[Milhouse]

My first thought, which you might not appreciate, is that you shouldn't be logged in as root if you don't know how to delete a directory! ;)

The delete command is rm (remove), and to delete an entire directory you need to specify the -r switch (ie. rm -r) which will recursivly delete the directory and all files. So, to remove your directory:


cd /etc
rm -r ./others-menu


Be careful though, as one wrong slip could result in you deleting most of your filesystem (ie. emptying the device of files!) :)

[eagleis]

My first thought, which you might not appreciate, is that you shouldn't be logged in as root if you don't know how to delete a directory! ;)

The delete command is rm (remove), and to delete an entire directory you need to specify the -r switch (ie. rm -r) which will recursivly delete the directory and all files. So, to remove your directory:


cd /etc
rm -r ./others-menu


Be careful though, as one wrong slip could result in you deleting most of your filesystem (ie. emptying the device of files!) :)


Thank for your help. :) I'm aware of how to delete a folder. The problem I'm having is that I cannot find the Menu that I created, among some others aswell.

The only ones I see are:

1400_tana_fi_utilities
2100_tana_fi_games

Where are the rest of them like "Web", "Contact", "Tools", "Extras" and the one I created which is "Communication"?

I don't see a way of deleting this through the GUI. Are they hidden or something?

Thanks again,