Which directory rm removed?

Question

I need to remove all files in public_html/

I login as user name admin

I perform:

cd /home/admin/web/mydomain.com/public_html/
rm /*

I thought it will remove all files in public_html/ but linux ask me to remove directories:

/backup /bin /boot /data /dev /etc /home /initrd.img /initrd.img.old /lib /lib64 /lost+found /media /mnt /opt /proc /root /run /sbin /srv /swapfile /sys /tmp /usr /var /vmlinuz /vmlinuz.old

Which directory I have removed?

Thanks

edit Thanks @Aguardientico I have removed / directory. Since I perform rm /* using user instead of root , then I haven't removed anything, right?

Thanks

Answer 1

one way to remove files is the command rmdir to remove the directory of the public_html which will remove all the files

cd /home/admin/web/mydomain.com/
rmdir public_html 

so you go to the directory where the file is and then you delete it and it will remove all files in that directory and the folder itself, then if you need the folder you can just remake it.
here is a link http://www.computerhope.com/unix/urmdir.htm

Answer 2

It all depends if you are the Admin user on the server. But typically public_html/ is located in /var/www/

Answer 3

$ cd /home/admin/web/mydomain.com/public_html/
$ ls
$ rm *