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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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