At 08:05 PM 5/15/2011 +0200, Rolf Nielsen wrote: >2011-05-15 19:50, Rolf Nielsen skrev: >> 2011-05-15 19:41, Jack L. Stone skrev: >>> At 12:19 PM 5/15/2011 -0400, Eitan Adler wrote: >>>>> The comamnd: >>>>> #find /path/to/start/deleting -type d -name _vti_\* >>>>> worked fine to give the listing of what to delete, but when just >>>>> adding the >>>>> "-delete" at the end didn't delete, just ran the listing again. >>>> >>>> I forgot that adding the -type d won't let it delete non-empty >>>> directories. Try running it like: >>>> find /path/to/start/deleting -name _vti_\* -delete >>>> >>>>> >>>>> (^_^) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Nope. Thate didn't delete either. >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> (^_^) >>> Happy trails, >>> Jack L. Stone >>> >>> System Admin >>> Sage-american >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> find /path/to/start/deleting -name _vti_\* -exec rm -Rd {} \; > >Pardon my answering my own post, but after reading the find manpage, I >think perhaps > >find -d /path/to/start/deleting -type d -name _vti_\* -exec rm -Rd {} \; > >would be better. The -d option makes find visit the contents of a >directory before the directory itself. The one without the -d option >deletes the topmost directory it finds and then tries to traverse >downwards, which of course causes a warning. It still works though. >
Thanks for the follow-up. I'll try it too. Jack (^_^) Happy trails, Jack L. Stone System Admin Sage-american _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
