find and remove ?

[Rolf Nielsen]

2011-05-15 19:41, Jack L. Stone skrev:
> 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
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find /path/to/start/deleting -name _vti_\* -exec rm -Rd {} \;