diff --git a/apilib/lib/docmgr/pdf.php b/apilib/lib/docmgr/pdf.php
index 4062dcb..8be0547 100644
--- a/apilib/lib/docmgr/pdf.php
+++ b/apilib/lib/docmgr/pdf.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class DOCMGR_PDF extends DOCMGR
     //setup our temp directory and make sure it's empty
     $tmp = TMP_DIR."/".USER_LOGIN."/docmgradvedit";
     recurmkdir($tmp);
-    $cmd = "rm -r ".$tmp."/*";
+    $cmd = "rm -rf ".$tmp."/*";
     `$cmd`;
 
     //we'll have several copies of files.  tiffs that we can actually work on, and pngs that we will see in the browser
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class DOCMGR_PDF extends DOCMGR
     }
 
     //remove old directories and replace with newly renamed files
-    `rm -r $tifftmp; rm -r $pngtmp`;
+    `rm -rf $tifftmp; rm -rf $pngtmp`;
     `mv $tiffrename $tifftmp; mv $pngrename $pngtmp`;      
 
   }
diff --git a/apilib/lib/docmgr/util/.fileindex.php.swp b/apilib/lib/docmgr/util/.fileindex.php.swp
index 96849a2..333cd50 100644
Binary files a/apilib/lib/docmgr/util/.fileindex.php.swp and b/apilib/lib/docmgr/util/.fileindex.php.swp differ
diff --git a/apilib/lib/docmgr/util/fileindex.php b/apilib/lib/docmgr/util/fileindex.php
index 8292b9e..324ac85 100644
--- a/apilib/lib/docmgr/util/fileindex.php
+++ b/apilib/lib/docmgr/util/fileindex.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class DOCMGR_UTIL_FILEINDEX
 			$content = DOCMGR_OBJINDEX::removeTags($oo->getFileContents());
 
 			//remove temp directory
-			$cmd = "rm -r ".$worker;
+			$cmd = "rm -rf ".$worker;
 			`$cmd`;
 			
 		//the old way	
diff --git a/modules/center/docmgr/docmgrimport/diprocess/function.php b/modules/center/docmgr/docmgrimport/diprocess/function.php
index 48aa0ad..216c71e 100644
--- a/modules/center/docmgr/docmgrimport/diprocess/function.php
+++ b/modules/center/docmgr/docmgrimport/diprocess/function.php
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class IMPORT
     //setup our temp directory and make sure it's empty
     $tmp = TMP_DIR."/".USER_LOGIN."/docmgradvedit";
     recurmkdir($tmp);
-    $cmd = "rm -r ".$tmp."/*";
+    $cmd = "rm -rf ".$tmp."/*";
     `$cmd`;
 
     //we'll have several copies of files.  tiffs that we can actually work on, and pngs that we will see in the browser
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class IMPORT
     }
 
     //remove old directories and replace with newly renamed files
-    `rm -r $tifftmp; rm -r $pngtmp`;
+    `rm -rf $tifftmp; rm -rf $pngtmp`;
     `mv $tiffrename $tifftmp; mv $pngrename $pngtmp`;      
 
   }