Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:09:26 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <ypankov@fastmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find(1) removes as it should a directory, but after this it complains about Message-ID: <8d3cc614-6289-c55d-96ae-81b31941aa87@fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200420090614.GB30229@sh4-5.1blu.de> References: <20200420081627.GA30229@sh4-5.1blu.de> <CAGwOe2Z5hnkf4B0cJeRpvWqfOxnaKBz6dv%2BKne8MnedQ4otuOg@mail.gmail.com> <20200420090614.GB30229@sh4-5.1blu.de>
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Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El día Montag, April 20, 2020 a las 10:26:20 +0200, Fernando Apesteguía escribió:
>
>> Not sure it is, but GNU find (as of findutils 4.5.12) has the same behavior.
>>
>> As workaround, would -delete work fo you?
>>
>> find foo -type d -delete
>
> This does not purge non empty directories.
Try specifying -d (depth-first):
$ mkdir -p a/b/c/d
$ find -d a -type d -execdir rm -rv {} \;
d
c
b
a
$
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