Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 13:01:00 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> To: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find and remove ? Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20110515130100.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD01257.1070905@lazlarlyricon.com> References: <3.0.1.32.20110515124117.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20110515110806.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20110514171011.018a0598@sage-american.com> <BANLkTinfwahWPuQEQYoxcBJBqgpTNH2FqA@mail.gmail.com> <3.0.1.32.20110515102740.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> <BANLkTinCHBC=V61Pxv1PMVRZsmSfUyGZAA@mail.gmail.com> <3.0.1.32.20110515110806.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20110515124117.0195b6e0@sage-american.com>
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At 07:50 PM 5/15/2011 +0200, Rolf Nielsen wrote:
>2011-05-15 19:41, Jack L. Stone skrev:
>> At 12:19 PM 5/15/2011 -0400, Eitan Adler wrote:
>>>> The comamnd:
>>>> #find /path/to/start/deleting -type d -name _vti_\*
>>>> worked fine to give the listing of what to delete, but when just
adding the
>>>> "-delete" at the end didn't delete, just ran the listing again.
>>>
>>> I forgot that adding the -type d won't let it delete non-empty
>>> directories. Try running it like:
>>> find /path/to/start/deleting -name _vti_\* -delete
>>>
>>>>
>>>> (^_^)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Nope. Thate didn't delete either.
>>
>> Jack
>
>find /path/to/start/deleting -name _vti_\* -exec rm -Rd {} \;
>_______________________________________________
That worked! Thanks!
Jack
(^_^)
Happy trails,
Jack L. Stone
System Admin
Sage-american
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