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Re: [leafnode-list] Monster directory hierarchy



> David Given wrote:
> 
> > Is it safe to go through and delete all directories and subdirectories that 
> > don't contain files?
> 
> Yes. (How did you accomplish this?)
> 
> --Cornelius.

find -d /var/spool/news -type d -exec rmdir \{\} \;

would work nicely. The rmdir would generate an error message for
each non-empty directory, but I'm willing to tolerate that for a simple
one-shot command.

Later,
John Cochran

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