Command line to delete folder in remote Windows from Linux host

Question

I use Linux and I have a remote Windows. I would like to try to delete folder in remote Windows (ex: C:\Temp) from my Linux by using command line.

My attempts are:

rm -rf IEUser@10.2.2.240/C/Temp

rm -rf //10.2.2.240/C/Temp

Both don't work, and I don't get any error.

Is is possible to delete folder in remote Windows by using command line? If yes, what would be the correct command line?

Answer 1

Yes, but: unlike Windows, there is no automatic network share setup in Linux. You need to:

• mount the share manually (as a cifs filesystem):

  # mount -t cifs //10.2.2.240/C /mnt/thatcomputer
  # rm -rf /mnt/thatcomputer/Temp
  

• or use the "smbclient" program:

  $ smbclient //10.2.2.240/C
  smb:\> deltree \Temp