Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 22:39:00 -0600 (CST) From: Wm Brian McCane <root@bmccane.uit.net> To: David Stickney <david@wvb.gomel.by> Cc: "'FBSD ISP'" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Big Directories.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970221223450.3400A-100000@bmccane.uit.net> In-Reply-To: <01BC2023.E0990480@david>
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On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, David Stickney wrote:
> I some questions, that nobody can seem to answer
>
> while : ; do
> mkdir x
> cd x
> done
>
> 1. How can you prevent users from running this in their home directory,
> without cutting off their shell account
> 2. How can you get rid of the directory once it has 300 or so
> subdirectories. The shell keeps saying there is no such directory, and
> nothing seems to delete it. I tried moving it to a floppy, but it worked
> for 45 minutes and I didn't want to burn out the drive.
>
> As Always, If you send your address with your answer, I'll send you 20
> Soviet Roubles,
>
> Thanks for reading,...
> Dave
>
>
1. try to determine if they did it on purpose, if so hire someone to take
them out 8).
2. Run the following, it uses ftw to go down in the tree via a depth
first search, and builds a unique remove directory on its way back
out.
find x -type d -depth -exec rmdir {} \;
BTW>
McCane Consulting
700 S Main
Independence, MO 64050-4414
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