> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul E Condon [mailto:pecon...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org