On 7/28/19 11:37 AM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Please make this not make error messages.
> # mkdir /tmp/nnn
> # mkdir /tmp/nnn/ooo
> # find /tmp/nnn -type d -ok rmdir {} \;
> < rmdir ... /tmp/nnn > ?
> < rmdir ... /tmp/nnn/ooo > ? y
> find: ‘/tmp/nnn/ooo’: No such file or directory
> # find /tmp/nnn -type d
> /tmp/nnn
>
> (The user cannot just use "-ok -delete.")
> $ find --version
> find (GNU findutils) 4.6.0.235-f254
find does not have an idea what rmdir does, and that its logic requires
depth-first search. Use -depth:
$ find /tmp/nnn -depth -type d -ok rmdir {} \;
< rmdir ... /tmp/nnn/ooo > ? y
< rmdir ... /tmp/nnn > ? n
$ find /tmp/nnn -type d
/tmp/nnn
Have a nice day,
Berny
