Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
Anthony wrote: > > You already got the second part answered, but I think the reason all those > .xvpics directories are in your folders is because The GIMP puts them there for > some reason. I noticed that too when I was uploading my website to my hoster, > and I was wondering why it was taking so long. From what I've seen, The GIMP > will put one of those directories into each directory in which you've opened or > saved a picture to. So if you have a picture in /home/bob/pictures, then GIMP > would create a .xvpics folder in /home/bob/pictures/.xvpics. I don't know why > it does that, or why it's .xvpics instead of .gimp or something, but I do know > what your talking about. Actually, I think the .xvpics folder exists from where you have the standard picture viewer and a setting picked for thumbnails. Go into .xvpics and you'll see tiny versions of every picture you've shown for that directory... -- /\ Dark>
Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:38:10 -0500,Flupke wrote:
>> If there are several directories called ".xvpics", and you want to erase
>> them all, issue a :
>> find / -type d -a -name .xvpics -exec rm -rf {} \;
>> and it will erase all of them without any confirmation prompt.
>>
>> HTH
>> Flupke
>>
--
Wed, 6 Sep 2000 12:48:16
Hi Flupke, please rewrite your command string above to include,making
a back up to a file in home before deleting for me woudja?
I think it should go after xvpics and of course before rm, but
am unsure of exactly where. of course I am aware of the" Newbie in
the red pepper" dangers of rm .
tnk you
Olly P
Biloxi
Mississippi
Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
This needs to be done at root and very carefully or you'll be spending some
time restoring (or reinstalling) later. Know-what-a-mean-Vern?
Best of Luck!
Steve W.
- Original Message -
From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
> flupke wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Vic wrote:
> >
>
> > them all, issue a :
> > find / -type d -a -name .xvpics -exec rm -rf {} \;
> > and it will erase all of them without any confirmation prompt.
>
> Gee...and I thought I was out on a limb telling a newbie (for some
> things, if you ask the question it says a lot about whether you should
> know) about "rm -rf" (grin).
>
> Cheers --- Larry
>
Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
Many thanks! :)
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000, flupke wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Vic wrote:
>
> > I need to delete a bunch of directories called .xvpics that has
> > somehow got scattered all over my system (I don't know how)
> >
> > I just want to know what to type in to make it do as I tel it
> > and erase all these little stupid useless directories.
>
> If there are several directories called ".xvpics", and you want to erase
> them all, issue a :
> find / -type d -a -name .xvpics -exec rm -rf {} \;
> and it will erase all of them without any confirmation prompt.
>
> HTH
> Flupke
>
> --
> << There's no place like ~ >>
Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
flupke wrote:
>
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Vic wrote:
>
> them all, issue a :
> find / -type d -a -name .xvpics -exec rm -rf {} \;
> and it will erase all of them without any confirmation prompt.
Gee...and I thought I was out on a limb telling a newbie (for some
things, if you ask the question it says a lot about whether you should
know) about "rm -rf" (grin).
Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Vic wrote:
> I need to delete a bunch of directories called .xvpics that has
> somehow got scattered all over my system (I don't know how)
>
> I just want to know what to type in to make it do as I tel it
> and erase all these little stupid useless directories.
If there are several directories called ".xvpics", and you want to erase
them all, issue a :
find / -type d -a -name .xvpics -exec rm -rf {} \;
and it will erase all of them without any confirmation prompt.
HTH
Flupke
--
<< There's no place like ~ >>
Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
You already got the second part answered, but I think the reason all those .xvpics directories are in your folders is because The GIMP puts them there for some reason. I noticed that too when I was uploading my website to my hoster, and I was wondering why it was taking so long. From what I've seen, The GIMP will put one of those directories into each directory in which you've opened or saved a picture to. So if you have a picture in /home/bob/pictures, then GIMP would create a .xvpics folder in /home/bob/pictures/.xvpics. I don't know why it does that, or why it's .xvpics instead of .gimp or something, but I do know what your talking about. > I need to delete a bunch of directories called .xvpics that has > somehow got scattered all over my system (I don't know how) > I don't want these dirs in there, they take up space, and I > want them gone. > -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
RE:[newbie] Mass directory delete
Being a newbie myself, I can only guess but I believe the command to delete directory without getting the crap is "rm -Rf .xvpics" José A. Mirles
Re: [newbie] Mass directory delete
> I need to delete a bunch of directories called .xvpics that has somehow got >scattered all over my system (I don't know how) That's a control file of some sort. My guess would be that it's created by an xview app you run to view graphics. It's unclear why you'd have more than one of them though. In any case rm -rf .xvpics will do what you want but it's dangerous as the command will recursively remove the directory tree listed in the command without any queries. Don't make the mistake of doing rm -rf / home/me/.xvpics as it'll remove everything from the / tree. Cheers --- Larry
[newbie] Mass directory delete
Hi I need to delete a bunch of directories called .xvpics that has somehow got scattered all over my system (I don't know how) I don't want these dirs in there, they take up space, and I want them gone. What is the correct command to do a mass dir erase without the shell beanhatching about "that is a directory" crap? I just want to know what to type in to make it do as I tel it and erase all these little stupid useless directories. Thanks
