Timeline for Efficiently delete large directory containing thousands of files
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| Dec 11, 2020 at 0:05 | comment | added | Dave |
Just a warning - adding -delete to gnu find implicitly enables -depth, which takes you back to the problem of running out of memory during the scan.
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| S Apr 16, 2019 at 11:32 | history | edited | Stephen Kitt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fix the link.
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| Mar 3, 2018 at 17:38 | comment | added | RonJohn | GNU is the de facto standard. | |
| Apr 26, 2012 at 11:37 | comment | added | jw013 |
-delete should always be preferred to -exec rm when available, for reasons of safety and efficiency.
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| Apr 26, 2012 at 9:11 | comment | added | enzotib |
This is non standard. GNU find have -delete, and other find maybe.
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| Apr 26, 2012 at 8:18 | history | answered | Toby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |