On Oct 4, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Oleg Krupnov wrote:
> I had an idea that because the directory tree is growing from a single
> root, there *might* be a possibility to axe it off with a single hit.
> Is it possible?

As Kirk explained, no. 

Another reason is file permissions. The filesystem needs to check every item in 
the directory tree to make sure that you are allowed to delete it.


-- 
Greg Parker     gpar...@apple.com     Runtime Wrangler


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