On Wed Mar 18, 2009 at 16:37:53 +0000, kj wrote: > Now, I've been running the usual find . -type f -exec rm {} \;
> but this is going at about 700,000 per day. Would simply doing an rm > -rf on the Maildir be quicker? Or is there a better way? That executes /bin/rm for each file group. YOu might find it faster if you don't cause find to execute a /bin/rm command at all. Instead try: find . -type -f -delete Steve -- Managed Anti-Spam Service http://mail-scanning.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org