<html><head><style type='text/css'>body { font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000}</style></head><body><br><div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">> I assume I use:<br>> sudo rm /var/lib/mysql/mysql/<br>> to delete that directory?<br><br>not quite: 'sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql'<br><br>the -f tells rm not to ask questions when it deletes. you could do without this one but then rm is gonna ask you if you're sure you want to delete everything.<br><br>the -r tells rm that you want a recursive removal.<br><br>as i said earlier, have a care when using these 2 flags, especially when using wildcards. you can delete more than you mean to.</font></div><br>-- <br>Peter Abplanalp<br></body></html>