>From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chasecreek >Systemhouse >Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:28 AM >To: For users of Fedora Core releases >Subject: Re: rmdir when directory is not empty > > >On 12/20/05, Mogens Kjaer <mk@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> > That won't work on directories that have tens of thousands >of files. >> >> Why not? >> >> As long as you don't do a: >> >> rm -f /dir/folder-with-many-files/* >> >> that, of course won't work, but >> >> rm -rf /dir/folder-with-many-files >> >> should work. > > >Have you tried it? rm will fail because the shell cannot keep track >of that many; >the find cmd works because it deals with one file at a time. I have tried it many times. I have deleted the entire copy of a copy of / (yes, a copy of root which is some 8GB worth of files) so if this fails for you, perhaps you do not have enough memory, virtual or otherwise. It is possible that you may run out of memory but it has not happened to me at this time. Maybe your mileage may vary as not all systems are the same :-) > >-- >WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/207 - Release >Date: 12/19/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/207 - Release Date: 12/19/2005
