Re: Delete 4 million files
On 2009-03-19_12:07:11, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I'm curious: where did people come up with the incongruous idea of using
> find/rsync/younameit rather than just use plain old `rm'?
I think OP got the idea from a co-worker at his place of work before
his first post, but I'm not sure. When one uses 'rm -rf' on a very
large tree for the first time, it is easy to believe that it is stuck
and not working. When it happened to me, I was really worried about
my system. Now I want to be supportive. The reason that the emails
exist seems to be something of a long ago local screw-up. I hope
some local jackass doesn't insist on exacting punishment.
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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