Remove directory with force?

What is the command to remove directory with force?

for this question, the appropriate answer is: man rm a small portion of the manpage: -r, -R, --recursive remove directories and their contents recursively
-f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never promptroot has an alias for 'rm' after a default installation, which aliases 'rm' to 'rm -i'. using 'rm -rf', with 'f' (force) rm does not signal confirmation for every single file.

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http://appsdbaworkshop.blogspot.com/2011/10/11gr2-rac-on-linux-56-using-vmware.html
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Cause: Could not determine mount point for location specified.
Action: Ensure location specified is available.
Expected value: n/a
Actual value: n/a "
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Folks,
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I go back to Grid Installer Step 7 of 10 in rac1 and check again and see as below:
Free Space: Rac2 : /tmp
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rac1:
/etc/bashrc
/etc/profile
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First, why is the result of CVU command not the same with that of Grid Installer step 7 of 10 ?
Second, why change the line "umask 002" to "umask 0022" in 3 files can't solve creation mask problem for rac1 ?
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