OK, just replaced with xargs!

Thanks again,
-Andrea

Ashley Gould wrote:
> Andrea,
> 
> using -exec instead of xargs is not working properly on the first
> call to find.  It removes the directory $vg_name and all it's contents,
> but exits with status 1.  die( "Couldn't $cmd" ) catches this and
> kills the script.
> 
> This is something wierd about find/-exec with rm -rf: 
> 
> hvxen-0c:~ # find /tmp/.systemimager.2/dev/ -name "system" -type d -exec rm 
> -rfv \{} \;
> removed `/tmp/.systemimager.2/dev/system/tmp'
> removed `/tmp/.systemimager.2/dev/system/var'
> removed `/tmp/.systemimager.2/dev/system/usr'
> removed `/tmp/.systemimager.2/dev/system/home'
> removed directory: `/tmp/.systemimager.2/dev/system'
> find: /tmp/.systemimager.2/dev/system: No such file or directory
> hvxen-0c:~ # echo $?
> 1
> 
> The second call to find just uses rm -f. this succeeds without errors.
> 
> 
> 


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