Re: Deleting a whole subtree in the IFS quickly and easily?

[Marco Facchinetti <facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx>]

Perfect, thanks!

Marco
--- Martin Rowe <martin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> QSH CMD('rm -rf /Pdf/*')
> 
> will remove all files *and* directories below /Pdf/ but
> will *leave*
> /Pdf/ in place. 
> 
> QSH CMD(rm -rf /Pdf')
> 
> would remove /Pdf and everything below it. Using James's
> example, you
> use
> 
> QSH CMD('rm -r test/*')
> 
> to get rid of files below test, leaving test alone. By
> default the rm
> command only removes files, not directories. Also
> deleting a directory
> that isn't empty generates errors (as your CPFA0AC
> above). Using the -f
> (force) option (as 'rm -r -f' or combined as 'rm -rf')
> will force
> directories to be deleted along with files.
> 
> I have housekeeping routines that keep directories like
> this tidied up,
> but leaving the most recent files alone:
> 
> QSH CMD('find /pdfs -atime +8 -print | xargs rm -rf')
> 
> which lists all files below /pdfs that haven't been
> accessed in the last
> 8 days and deletes them. There was a discussion on this
> technique on the
> list a few days ago, which give a few more examples.
> 
> Regards, Martin  



        
                
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