On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> find is more powerful than that, you can combine the two instructions in only
> one like this
> 
> find /path/to/apple/share -type d -name .AppleDouble -exec /bin/rm -R {} \;
> 
> find /path/to/apple/share -type d -name .AppleDouble | xargs /bin/rm -R

ok.. I don't think netatalk-admins is the place to start discussing the
good/bad parts of using -exec vs. using | xargs. 

As a homework assignment, you can try both commands and see which one is
faster :)

Tim

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