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Re: Could we have a flag to tell us which directories were actually remo
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Could we have a flag to tell us which directories were actually removed? |
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Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:04:42 -0600 |
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According to Reuben Thomas on 8/16/2007 4:12 AM:
>> Note that if you simply want to remove all empty directories
>> (including e.g., those rendered empty by removing leaf dirs),
>> you should also use -depth and -delete:
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>> find . -depth -type d -empty -delete
Furthermore, you can combine this with -print to get a list of which
directories were successfully deleted.
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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Re: Could we have a flag to tell us which directories were actually removed?, Bob Proulx, 2007/08/15