From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 21:55:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75E71106564A for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 21:55:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) Received: from mail.sagedata.net (mail.sagedata.net [38.106.15.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B7E8FC12 for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 21:55:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SAGEPLACE (99-111-143-27.lightspeed.crchtx.sbcglobal.net [99.111.143.27]) by mail.sagedata.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id p4FLtFJB098142; Sun, 15 May 2011 16:55:15 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.sagedata.net: Host 99-111-143-27.lightspeed.crchtx.sbcglobal.net [99.111.143.27] claimed to be SAGEPLACE Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20110515165514.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@sage-american.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 16:55:14 -0500 To: Rolf Nielsen From: "Jack L. Stone" In-Reply-To: <4DD015D2.6070904@lazlarlyricon.com> References: <4DD01257.1070905@lazlarlyricon.com> <3.0.1.32.20110515110806.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20110514171011.018a0598@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20110515102740.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20110515110806.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20110515124117.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> <4DD01257.1070905@lazlarlyricon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Greylist: Message whitelisted by Sendmail access database, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (mail.sagedata.net [38.106.15.121]); Sun, 15 May 2011 16:55:16 -0500 (CDT) X-Scanned-By: milter-spamc/1.15.388 (mail.sagedata.net [38.106.15.121]); Sun, 15 May 2011 16:55:16 -0500 X-Spam-Status: NO, hits=-10.00 required=4.50 X-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (-10.0 points, 4.5 required) | | pts rule name description | ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- | -0.0 SHORTCIRCUIT Not all rules were run, due to a shortcircuited rule | -10 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP | Cc: Eitan Adler , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find and remove ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 21:55:18 -0000 At 08:05 PM 5/15/2011 +0200, Rolf Nielsen wrote: >2011-05-15 19:50, Rolf Nielsen skrev: >> 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 >>> >>> (^_^) >>> Happy trails, >>> Jack L. Stone >>> >>> System Admin >>> Sage-american >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> find /path/to/start/deleting -name _vti_\* -exec rm -Rd {} \; > >Pardon my answering my own post, but after reading the find manpage, I >think perhaps > >find -d /path/to/start/deleting -type d -name _vti_\* -exec rm -Rd {} \; > >would be better. The -d option makes find visit the contents of a >directory before the directory itself. The one without the -d option >deletes the topmost directory it finds and then tries to traverse >downwards, which of course causes a warning. It still works though. > Thanks for the follow-up. I'll try it too. Jack (^_^) Happy trails, Jack L. Stone System Admin Sage-american