Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:48:41 -0800 From: Lee Doolan <rldoolan@pacbell.net> To: James <j@evilcode.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cd /usr/ports; make clean Message-ID: <7oofzcpfl2.fsf@pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: James's message of "Sat, 18 Nov 2000 23:16:33 -0800" References: <200011190635.eAJ6ZRS94516@grumpy.dyndns.org> <20001118230305.A83848@evilcode.com> <20001119151138.A7434@bsdvm.jtjang.idv.tw> <20001118231633.A85206@evilcode.com>
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>>>>> "James" == James <j@evilcode.com> writes:
James> On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 03:11:38PM +0800, Jing-Tang Keith
James> Jang wrote:
>> On 11/18/00, James wrote: > Or for a much faster solution: >
>> find /usr/ports -type d -name work -prune -print -exec rm -r {}
>> \;
>>
>> why not just "cd /usr/ports; rm -fr */*/work"?
James> If I understand it correctly, there is a limit to the
James> maximum number of command line arguments that a program can
James> have.
there is. it is large. man xargs.
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