Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 17:56:34 -0500 From: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> Cc: asami@FreeBSD.ORG, Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>, danny@panda.hilink.com.au, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6653 Message-ID: <19980612175634.A452@znh.org.> In-Reply-To: <4028.897676293@critter.freebsd.dk>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 08:31:33PM %2B0200 References: <199806121652.MAA01687@lakes.dignus.com> <4028.897676293@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 08:31:33PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >Umm.... if the goal is to remove _everything_ from /var/run; > >what's wrong with: > > cd /var/run > > rm -r -f * > It may fail if there is too many files for the * to expand. There has to be LOTS of files, since this has worked for me in the past: rm -f /usr/share/man/cat?/* I wonder why the nifty trick of: rm -rf /var/run/. which used to clear a directory, quit working. -- Zach Heilig -- zach@gaffaneys.com Real Programs don't use shared text. Otherwise, how can they use functions for scratch space after they are finished calling them? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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