[Dirvish] Purgeing the evil data

[Keith Lofstrom]

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:32:23AM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote:
> I'd do:
> 
>     rm -r */tree/path/to/evil/data
> 
> or, if that gives "argument list too long":
> 
>     echo */tree/path/to/evil/data | xargs rm -r

Paul is correct, though I would write that in a script file in your
home directory and execute it with "sh ~/scriptfile", for extra
safety, after scrutinizing it 3 or 4 times.  An extra space in
there could ruin your whole day ...

Keith

-- 
Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com         Voice (503)-520-1993
KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon"
Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs