Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:31:43 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm -rf and flags (schg, sunlnk) Message-ID: <20121114213143.1f482c2d628aec9f0d8c5bb4@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <50A4015A.3080909@shatow.net> References: <50A40046.1070307@dreamchaser.org> <50A4015A.3080909@shatow.net>
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:38:50 -0600
Bryan Drewery <bryan@shatow.net> wrote:
> Two options:
>
> find /PATH -flags schg -exec chflags noschg {} +
> or
> chflags -R noschg /PATH
>
> Then
>
> rm -rf /PATH
it's often quickest to:
rm -rf /PATH
chflags -R noschg /PATH
rm -rf /PATH
The other way requires two traversals of the full tree, this way
there's only one full traversal and a clean up which is small and fast.
--
Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org>
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