Re: deleting files

1999-11-24 Thread Colin Watson
E.L. Meijer Eric wrote: >On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 05:00:01PM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> does anyone happen to know of a quicker way of deleting 4 files out of >> a directory other than the command "find . -exec rm {} \;" >> >> will rm -r be as quick? > >It will actually be much quicker

Re: deleting files

1999-11-23 Thread Joe Block
Peter Ross wrote: > > On 23-Nov-1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > does anyone happen to know of a quicker way of deleting 4 files out of > > a directory other than the command "find . -exec rm {} \;" > > > > will rm -r be as quick? > > > rm -rf * If you're new

Re: deleting files

1999-11-23 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 10:36:55AM +, Martyn Pearce wrote: > > Lindsay Allen writes: > | > rm -rf * > | > | That's something I *never* do. Why? Because it puts "rm -rf *" in my > | history buffer which means that one slip can lead to disaster. So I > | use rm -rf /here/there/some/place/* w

Re: deleting files

1999-11-23 Thread Martyn Pearce
Lindsay Allen writes: | > rm -rf * | | That's something I *never* do. Why? Because it puts "rm -rf *" in my | history buffer which means that one slip can lead to disaster. So I | use rm -rf /here/there/some/place/* which at least means I cannot blow | away my whole file system if I make an er

Re: deleting files

1999-11-23 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 05:00:01PM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > does anyone happen to know of a quicker way of deleting 4 files out of > a directory other than the command "find . -exec rm {} \;" > > will rm -r be as quick? It will actually be much quicker (you may need to add a

Re: deleting files

1999-11-23 Thread aphro
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: zdrysd >will rm -r be as quick? rm -rf works for me .. the -f wont prompt for anything..dont use it unless yer real confident you wanna delete it :) nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Networ

Re: deleting files

1999-11-23 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Peter Ross wrote: > On 23-Nov-1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > does anyone happen to know of a quicker way of deleting 4 files out of > > a directory other than the command "find . -exec rm {} \;" > > > > will rm -r be as quick? > > > r

Re: deleting files

1999-11-23 Thread Peter Ross
On 23-Nov-1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > does anyone happen to know of a quicker way of deleting 4 files out of > a directory other than the command "find . -exec rm {} \;" > > will rm -r be as quick? > rm -rf * Just make sure that you are in the correct direct

deleting files

1999-11-23 Thread zdrysdal
Hi does anyone happen to know of a quicker way of deleting 4 files out of a directory other than the command "find . -exec rm {} \;" will rm -r be as quick? thanx