On Tuesday 2004-07-06 09:15 am, Steve Bertrand wrote: > The directory I am trying to remove the files from is always hot, so > deleting the directory is unfortunately not an option. (I don't think).
If the directory is /var/tmp/foo, what about making "foo" a symlink to "foo.0", then do something like: # mkdir foo.1 # ln -fsn foo.1 foo # rm -rf foo.0 I'm reasonably sure that the second line is an atomic operation, although I don't have the time to verify it just now. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. :) Anyway, /var/tmp/foo would always exist and point to a valid destination. You'd have your "hot" directory while being able to move the old version out of the way for deletion at your leisure. -- Kirk Strauser _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
