Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:16:05 -0500 From: Walter <walterk1@earthlink.net> To: Parv <parv@pair.com> Cc: 'Questions' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: deleting directories with ??? in name Message-ID: <40571A35.7040702@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20040316041933.GA4098@moo.holy.cow> References: <405640BE.9000102@earthlink.net> <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A20D7A27C@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> <20040315235943.GA55958@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <40564606.3020504@earthlink.net> <20040316035734.GC3419@moo.holy.cow> <20040316041933.GA4098@moo.holy.cow>
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Parv wrote: > in message <20040316035734.GC3419@moo.holy.cow>, > wrote Parv thusly... > >> # find . \( -inum <inode-1> -o -inum <inode-2> \) -print0 \ >> # | xargs -0 rm -fv > > > Oh, don't forget the '-r', for recursion, option for rm(1) as i did. > Use this instead... > > # find . \( -inum <inode-1> -o -inum <inode-2> \) -print0 \ > # | xargs -0 rm -rfv > > > - Parv Thanks, but when I did: ls -i and then typed in the inode in the command (saved in an old List e-mail): find . -inum <inode> -delete it didn't delete them. Do you think your way would work where manual command wouldn't? But, they are gone now, so I can't try it anyway.
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