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rsync -a --delete --exclude='*' --delete-excluded /anywhere/ /stuff/to/delete/ That would empty the target dir regardless of what is in the source dir. I would still like to hear how that is any different than rm. On 04/16/2015 11:28 AM, Ken Chase wrote: > problem is he's trying to rsync into the target dir and have the > side effect of delete. so an empty dir would necessarily need to > be in the target of course and thus created there, triggering the > quota block. > > he tried to avoid this by using device files then 'blocking all > device files' but i think rsync figures out first there's nothing > to do, so it just stops and doesnt do the delete. wonder if > --delete-first would help there perhaps. > > however, this is a REALLY obtuse way of running rm. unless of > course he's trying to inject some kinda options into a script that > can only run rsync or something wonky like that. > > /kc > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 11:23:59AM -0400, Kevin Korb said: I don't > understand what is wrong with rm either. > > But if you must have an empty directory is there a tmpfs where you > can make one? Is there already an empty one like /var/empty? > > On 04/16/2015 10:13 AM, Ken Chase wrote: >> Wow, it took me a few seconds to figure out what you were trying >> to do. > >> What's wrong with rm? > >> Also I think trying to leverage the side of disqualifying all >> source files just to get the delete effect (very clever but >> somewhat obtuse!) risks creating a temporary file of some kind >> in the target at the start of the operation, and if you cant >> even mkdir then that exceeds disk quota immediately and fails. > >> /kc > > >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 12:20:52PM +0300, ????? ?????? said: >>> Hi, Rsync. >>> >>> I want to help rsink delete a folder with a large number of >>> files and folders. Tried this: rsync -a --no-D --delete >>> /dev/null /home/rc-41/data/000000000000061/2015-04-01-07-04/ >>> skipping non-regular file "null" >>> >>> rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/zero >>> /home/rc-41/data/000000000000061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping >>> non-regular file "zero" >>> >>> >>> That's how it turns out rsync -a --delete /empty_folder/ >>> /home/rc-41/data/000000000000061/2015-04-01-07-04/ But this >>> option is not satisfied as if the disk is 100% filled to >>> create an empty folder does not work >>> >>> mkdir /empty folder/ Disk quota ekstseeded >>> >>> Got an error. >>> >>> >>> find /home/rc-41/data/000000000000061/2015-04-01-07-04/ -delete >>> I know not suitable >>> >>> rm -rf /home/rc-41/data/000000000000061/2015-04-01-07-04/ is >>> also not suitable >>> >>> >>> >>> How to do it differently? >>> >>> >>> -- Sincerely, Dugin Sergey mailto: d...@qwarta.ru QWARTA >>> >>> -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the >>> mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: >>> https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, >>> read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > >> -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the >> mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: >> https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, >> read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUv2JwACgkQVKC1jlbQAQdV8wCfZnxIDPGGj+OiAYb5RDc61OOx PwAAnj2WkSoEUhZsd6g1yMmFNCMrmhqs =oH1r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
