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Re: [leafnode-list] Monster directory hierarchy



Laura (mailto:lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx , http://www.world.std.com/~lconrad/ ):
> I would use:
>     find <dirname> -type d | xargs rmdir

I would use
    find <dirname> -depth -type d -print | xargs rmdir

"-depth" means it goes after the lowest-level directories first.
That way, a directory which contains only empty directories will
get clobbered.

"-print" because I'm used to old "find"s where it wasn't implied
under any conditions.

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