Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 12:41:17 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find and remove ? Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20110515124117.0195b6e0@sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinK5sLC=Y6qaKB%2BrzqeDTo6%2BiLq5w@mail.gmail.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>
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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
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