Re: find did not work
Koef wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:01:11AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 12:33:49AM +0200, corerix wrote: > > > > find debian -type d | xargs rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty > > > rmdir: zu wenige Argumente > > > > What does that mean ^ ? > > > > based on an educated guess of what it means, I think it's a problem with > > rmdir saying "Too many arguments", > > In fact, it says "too few arguments" :-) > So it seems his "debian" directory has no subdirectories at all. If that is the case, and certainly possible, then run xargs with the -r option. I almost always use -print0 and -r0 together. find debian -type d -print0 | xargs -r0 rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty Bob
Re: find did not work
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:46:44AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > corerix wrote: > > > find debian -type d | xargs rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty > > > rmdir: zu wenige Argumente > > What does that mean ^ ? > > > > based on an educated guess of what it means, I think it's a problem with > > rmdir saying "Too many arguments", in which case you should limit the > > Please see Debian bug #176201. Is this the same problem? > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=176201 > > This bug has been fixed in upstream cvs. The next upstream release of > findutils will fix this problem. > > Bob > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thanks for reply , 'Please see Debian bug #176201. Is this the same problem?' yes thats the case . central aka corerix
Re: find did not work
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 10:01:11AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 12:33:49AM +0200, corerix wrote: > > find debian -type d | xargs rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty > > rmdir: zu wenige Argumente > > What does that mean ^ ? > > based on an educated guess of what it means, I think it's a problem with > rmdir saying "Too many arguments", In fact, it says "too few arguments" :-) So it seems his "debian" directory has no subdirectories at all. -- Koef.
Re: find did not work
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:46:44AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > corerix wrote: > > > find debian -type d | xargs rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty > > > rmdir: zu wenige Argumente > > What does that mean ^ ? > > > > based on an educated guess of what it means, I think it's a problem with > > rmdir saying "Too many arguments", in which case you should limit the > > Please see Debian bug #176201. Is this the same problem? > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=176201 > > This bug has been fixed in upstream cvs. The next upstream release of > findutils will fix this problem. I think the other comment that says the error means 'not enough arguments' makes more sense. I guess xargs got 0 files input and ran rmdir with no arguments. Add '-r' to xargs, to make it not run if there is no input. That should deal with find not getting any matches. That would happen if you ran it twice in a row for example. Len Sorensen
Re: find did not work
Lennart Sorensen wrote: > corerix wrote: > > find debian -type d | xargs rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty > > rmdir: zu wenige Argumente > What does that mean ^ ? > > based on an educated guess of what it means, I think it's a problem with > rmdir saying "Too many arguments", in which case you should limit the Please see Debian bug #176201. Is this the same problem? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=176201 This bug has been fixed in upstream cvs. The next upstream release of findutils will fix this problem. Bob
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Sorry, forgot to CC: to the list. Original Message Subject: Re: find did not work Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:32:10 +0200 From: Michael Siebenborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> find debian -type d | xargs rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty rmdir: zu wenige Argumente What does that mean ^ ? based on an educated guess of what it means, I think it's a problem with rmdir saying "Too many arguments", Indeed, this is german. But it means "Too few arguments" Example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rmdir rmdir: zu wenige Argumente ,,rmdir --help" gibt weitere Informationen. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$export LC_ALL=C [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$rmdir rmdir: too few arguments Try `rmdir --help' for more information. Seems to me, the find command doesn't find any directory to delete. Regards, Michael
Re: find did not work
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 12:33:49AM +0200, corerix wrote: > I have a problem with findutils_4.1.20-4 , > find and locate wont work . > the problem existed till 2 weeks . > so the wenn i try to compile a file i get following error > find debian -type d | xargs rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty > rmdir: zu wenige Argumente What does that mean ^ ? It is much easier for people to help with problems if you set your locale back to "C" before reporting bugs, given most of use don't understand German (or whichever language that is). based on an educated guess of what it means, I think it's a problem with rmdir saying "Too many arguments", in which case you should limit the number of arguments xargs passes to it, using the -n option. maybe you can do -n 10, or even -n 1 if rmdir only allows one dir at a time in some cases. Also if you have subdirs your command will get annoyed, in this case: debian +-x +-y | +-bar +-z since find will return x y y/bar z and if you rmdir y before y/bar it will either fail or it will fail when it tries to remove the already gone y/bar. Adding -depth option to find will make it return x y/bar y z which will work fine. Also whoever wrote the code isn't doing things right. They should use find -depth with rmdir without -p, since the -p is only useful because they didn't use -depth and were causing errors. So add -depth to find, and remove -p from rmdir and it should make sense. Then add -n # to xargs if it is still complaining about the number of arguments. Len Sorensen
find did not work
Hello , I have a problem with findutils_4.1.20-4 , find and locate wont work . the problem existed till 2 weeks . so the wenn i try to compile a file i get following error find debian -type d | xargs rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty rmdir: zu wenige Argumente make: *** [install] Fehler 123 kfind and dlocate works What i have to do ? any help are welcome greetings central
