Re: Delete 4 million files

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Subject: Re: Delete 4 million files
From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:07:11 -0400
Message-id: <[🔎] jwvk56l33cm.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.user@gnu.org>
References: <[🔎] 49C12361.4090506@koffiejunkie.za.net> <[🔎] cba7b6ef0903190240m4f4a4e53he8e81ee47970afa9@mail.gmail.com>

I'm curious: where did people come up with the incongruous idea of using
find/rsync/younameit rather than just use plain old `rm'?


        Stefan

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