I have this from time to time and I think the way I did it is remove the
files 1 at a time using this command:
find /bad/directory/* -print -exec rm -fr {} \;
I suggest you be very careful on this though.. I haven't had a problem but 1
typo can make the difference.
I suggest changing the `rm -fr` to a `ls -l` and make sure it display the
files you want to remove and then use the real command
thanks,
George Vieira
Network Administrator
http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au
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-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Lowndes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:33 AM
To: Mail List - SLUG
Subject: [SLUG] Help with rm
I have managed to runout of inodes on a partition du to a buggy routine.
I know what I want to delete, but when I do rm -f * in the problem
directory it comes back with "Argument list too long"
Can anyone think of a way around this one?
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Howard.
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