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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:39:55 -0400
From:      "Joe Gleason" <clash@tasam.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Removing very long paths
Message-ID:  <009c01beffa1$87538d90$256b52c6@tasam.com>

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Suppose a user messed up something and accidentaly created a directory and
in this directory created anouther directory and in that directory created
anouther directory....repeat about 90,000 times.

Here are some commands run from right below this mess:

bash-2.03# find .|wc
   94330  422626 13697024
Segmentation fault

find and du seg fault.

When I try to rm -rf the entire tree from the bottom:
rm -rf says:
bash-2.03# rm -rf 827
rm: 827/
YOUR PUBLIC SSH1 KEY (-b 512) GOES HERE!
/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/
YOUR PUBLIC SSH1 KEY (-b 512) GOES HERE!
/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/
YOUR PUBLIC SSH1 KEY (-b 512) GOES HERE!
/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/
YOUR PUBLIC SSH1 KEY (-b 512) GOES HERE!
/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA: File name too long
rm: 827/
YOUR PUBLIC SSH1 KEY (-b 512) GOES HERE!
/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA: Directory not empty
rm: 827/
YOUR PUBLIC SSH1 KEY (-b 512) GOES HERE!
: Directory not empty
rm: 827: Directory not empty

Yes, the directories alternate between a long string of A's and
\nYOUR PUBLIC SSH1 KEY (-b 512) GOES HERE!\n

Anyone have any ideas other than fsck on how to remove this?

Joe Gleason
Tasam



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