RE: Delete 4 million files
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul E Condon [mailto:pecondon@mesanetworks.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:39 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: 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.
>
> --
rm -rf --verbose to see what is being done
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