Simon:
If you want to get rid of all the files, why not get rid of the coot-backup
directories? In which case, it should be simple:
find . -name "coot-backup" -print -exec /bin/rm {} \;
where the "dot" following the find will start from wherever you currently are,
but you could specify the directory to start in.
If COOT doesn't lead such long names, I would opt for something like
2009_04_24_13:15:01-1650.pdb, which will cause ls to list the files in time
order, which would be useful.
Steven
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mailing list for users of COOT Crystallographic Software
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Kolstoe
>Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 11:52 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: deleting coot backup directories
>
>Dear Cootbb,
>
>As I am a crystallographer and not a programmer, could anyone suggest
>a bash script that will go through my hard drive deleting all the
>pesky "coot-backup" directories with their horribly long file names
>that zipping software cannot cope with? Also, in a future version of
>coot, would it be possible to change the names of the coot-backup
>files to something simpler e.g. just date and time (for instance
>something like 240409-1650.pdb)?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Simon
