Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:00:23 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing thousands of files using rm Message-ID: <200407061500.23299.kirk@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <3703.209.167.16.15.1089123354.squirrel@209.167.16.15> References: <3703.209.167.16.15.1089123354.squirrel@209.167.16.15>
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On Tuesday 2004-07-06 09:15 am, Steve Bertrand wrote: > The directory I am trying to remove the files from is always hot, so > deleting the directory is unfortunately not an option. (I don't think). If the directory is /var/tmp/foo, what about making "foo" a symlink to "foo.0", then do something like: # mkdir foo.1 # ln -fsn foo.1 foo # rm -rf foo.0 I'm reasonably sure that the second line is an atomic operation, although I don't have the time to verify it just now. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. :) Anyway, /var/tmp/foo would always exist and point to a valid destination. You'd have your "hot" directory while being able to move the old version out of the way for deletion at your leisure. -- Kirk Strauser
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