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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allpages gapfrom="Root access through grub" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="41" ns="0" title="Remove a directory">
        <revisions>
          <rev xml:space="preserve">To remove a directory, use the command below:

&lt;pre&gt;
$ rm -rf &lt;directory&gt;
&lt;/pre&gt;

In the above example, you would replace &quot;&lt;directory&gt;&quot; with the name of the directory you wish to delete.

&lt;code&gt;-rf&lt;/code&gt; specifies &lt;b&gt;r&lt;/b&gt;ecursive and &lt;b&gt;f&lt;/b&gt;orce</rev>
        </revisions>
      </page>
      <page pageid="166" ns="0" title="Rescan scsi">
        <revisions>
          <rev xml:space="preserve">This will rescan all SCSI LUNs. Useful after hotplugging.

Run as root:
&lt;source lang=&quot;bash&quot;&gt;
for host in /sys/class/scsi_host/host*; do
  echo &quot;- - -&quot; &gt; $host/scan;
  echo $host/scan;
done
&lt;/source&gt;

==Rescan Disk==
Helps to get the updated size... e.g: in a VM

Run as root:
&lt;source lang=&quot;bash&quot;&gt;
echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sdX/device/rescan
&lt;/source&gt;</rev>
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>