Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:25:55 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Walter <walterk1@earthlink.net> Cc: 'Questions' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: deleting directories with ??? in name Message-ID: <20040320012555.GA3514@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <40571A35.7040702@earthlink.net> References: <405640BE.9000102@earthlink.net> <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A20D7A27C@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> <20040315235943.GA55958@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <40564606.3020504@earthlink.net> <20040316035734.GC3419@moo.holy.cow> <20040316041933.GA4098@moo.holy.cow> <40571A35.7040702@earthlink.net>
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in message <40571A35.7040702@earthlink.net>,
wrote Walter thusly...
>
I apologize for the late reply.
> Parv wrote:
>
> > # find . \( -inum <inode-1> -o -inum <inode-2> \) -print0 \
> > # | xargs -0 rm -rfv
> >
>
> Thanks, but when I did:
> ls -i
> and then typed in the inode in the command (saved in an old List
> e-mail):
> find . -inum <inode> -delete
> it didn't delete them. Do you think your way would work where
> manual command wouldn't? But, they are gone now, so I can't try
> it anyway.
My _speculation_ is that if '-delete' option did not work from w/in
find(1), i doubt that above quoted command chain would cause any
difference. I suppose, you also guessed the same. OTOH, the
description of -delete option does say...
-delete
... It will not attempt to delete a filename with a ``/''
character in its pathname relative to ``.'' for security
reasons.
...that is one thing to consider.
It would have been fun to experiment w/ the offending directory
structure. Next time it happens, send me a sample/small tar'd copy,
will you?
- Parv
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