Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:11:59 +0200 From: deeptech71@gmail.com To: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm --clear-directory /home/me/another_dir Message-ID: <461D24EF.2050507@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200704111849.08117.pieter@degoeje.nl> References: <461D0614.2060709@gmail.com> <200704111849.08117.pieter@degoeje.nl>
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Pieter de Goeje wrote: > On Wednesday 11 April 2007, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: >> Is there a way to clear a directory with such a command (keeping the owner >> and permissions of the folder)? >> >> Yes there are the obvious ones: >> cd /home/me/another_dir && rm * >> rm /home/me/another_dir/* // if cant traverse here >> >> But something that doesn't rely on the shell. > cd /some/dir && find . -delete > > Cheers, Pieter > Well, IMO, for aesthetical and logical purposes, /some/dir should point to the directory, and /some/dir/ should point to the inside of the directory (as in copy INTO or FROM). So: # cp /one /two/ // this copies dir one into dir two, so there will be a dir named /one/two after this command # cp /one/ /two/ ==> Do you want to recursively overwrite contents of dir /two with the content of dir /one ? [n] y # cp /one /two ==> Do you want to recursively overwrite /two with /one ? [n] y # cp /one/ /two cp: error - overwrite a dir with some other contents? WTF? oh and of course: rm -R /dir // removes dir rm -R /dir/ // clears dir How hard will it be to convince the developers to swich to this scheme? since all scripts will have to be reworked...
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