Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 19:14:57 -0800 From: Jason <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: problem with `find -delete` Message-ID: <20100210031456.GA80933@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <permail-20100210015152f7e55a9d00007517-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> References: <permail-20100210015152f7e55a9d00007517-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 02:51:52AM +0100, Alexander Best thus spake: >hi there, > >i've been trying to delete all the works directories in my ports dir. this is >the command i'm trying to use: > >sudo /usr/bin/find /usr/ports -name work -depth 3 -type d -delete > >after i issue the command however > >sudo /usr/bin/find /usr/ports -name work -depth 3 -type d > >tells me that nothing got deleted at all. is there something wrong with that >command? > >cheers. >alex You may want to try looking here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html Section 4.5.5 >_______________________________________________ >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" > -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html
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