Date: 1 Jul 2018 16:01:48 -0500 From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> To: "Paul Schmehl" <paul.schmehl@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem deleting files Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.21.1807011556150.48232@ary.local> In-Reply-To: <010DDED160955AC68C7EFA46@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <20180701202153.A94AA28BD3C2@ary.local> <010DDED160955AC68C7EFA46@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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>> $ rm -rf . >> >> (Be really sure you're in the right directory.) > > Yes, I did. It returned argument list too long. Not to contradict you, but the phrase "too long" does not appear in the source code to the rm program, and I am reasonably sure it does not produce that message. On the other hand the shell does produce that message when expanding wild cards. So are you sure you tried this: $ rm -rf . and not this? $ rm -rf * They're not the same. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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