On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 01:27:27PM +0000, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote:
> A levelezõm azt hiszi, hogy Geert Stappers a következõeket írta:
> > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:50:09AM +0000, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote:
> > > A levelez?m azt hiszi, hogy Andreas Metzler a következ?eket írta:
| | | - find . -name config.{log,status,cache} |xargs rm -f
| | | + find . \( -name config.log -o -name config.status -o -name config.cache \) -print0 |xargs -0r rm -f
>
> [quoting]
> or [1]
> find ... -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f
> cu andreas
>
> [1] This is a lot faster, but won't work with every find. It is safe
> to use on Debian though because we use GNU findutils.
>
> > [still dangerous "|xargs rm -f" code]
| |
| | Use
| |
| | rm -f config.status and other files
| |
>
> Now what? I thought using "|xargs -0r rm -f" is safe.
There is still the risk that find finds more then you expect.
A simple
rm -f config.log config.status config.cache
will only remove what has been told to remove.
If you like find and surprises, you are free to ignore this advice.
Geert Stappers
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