From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 4 17:29:52 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 D5367106566B for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 17:29:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from arab@tangerine-army.co.uk) Received: from queueout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (queueout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445D78FC0A for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 17:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net ([62.254.123.4]) by mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20111104162528.ZZDM12094.mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net> for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:25:28 +0000 Received: from [94.168.169.90] (helo=mercury.universe.galaxy.lcl) by know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RMMa8-0007gc-E9 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:25:28 +0000 Received: from mercury.universe.galaxy.lcl ([fe80::79f1:f3c8:3aed:806c]) by mercury.universe.galaxy.lcl ([fe80::79f1:f3c8:3aed:806c%10]) with mapi; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:25:27 +0000 From: Graeme Dargie To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:25:26 +0000 Thread-Topic: removing directories Thread-Index: AcybDgQkpan8PP6qT9aCsKSOXOxOpw== Message-ID: <0EE458C34045A44DBC2CA2DC5CEB42B5239647FE05@mercury.universe.galaxy.lcl> Accept-Language: en-US, en-GB Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US, en-GB MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=JvdXmxIgLJv2/GthKqHpGJEEHukvLcvELVXUanXFreg= c=1 sm=0 a=OMdUhd4NiskA:10 a=xqWC_Br6kY4A:10 a=WsXWljYOrr0vULqpuGYA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=yMhMjlubAAAA:8 a=SSmOFEACAAAA:8 a=MLTEoFnuY3fgLCrUN3kA:9 a=YNMqcQ4VTIB50B6gU44A:7 a=gKO2Hq4RSVkA:10 a=hTZeC7Yk6K0A:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: removing directories 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: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:29:53 -0000 Ok this might be a bit of a newbie question but here goes. I have a large number of directories around 300 which all have sub dirs, s= ome of those have sub dirs in each of these there are two further sub dirs = called pages and thumbnails, is there an easy way to remove all the pages a= nd thumbnail dirs from the tree? Regards G