Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 19:50:15 +0200 From: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find and remove ? Message-ID: <4DD01257.1070905@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20110515124117.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> References: <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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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 {} \;
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