Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:40:13 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> Cc: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: finding every file not in a list Message-ID: <08A06102-454D-4E82-8447-F2170978972D@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <4B620E5E.2040908@cyberleo.net> References: <4B6090FC.4070002@gmail.com> <4B620E5E.2040908@cyberleo.net>
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On Jan 28, 2010, at 4:23 PM, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote:
> Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
>> I have a list of files that should be in a dir tree and want to remove
>> any files from the tree not in list (i.e. if it is on the list keep it
>> else rm it)... any quick way to do this?
>
> # ls -1F
> keep
> old/
[...]
I think mtree(8) is the proper tool for this job. Especially the -r option:
-r Remove any files in the file hierarchy that are not described in
the specification.
--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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