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From: dick@unix386.Convergent.COM (Dick Hacking)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: System Panic Message VFS_REMOVE
Summary: mkfs quicker and gives better performance
Message-ID: <1138@unix386.Convergent.COM>
Date: 4 May 90 17:46:42 GMT
References: <356@ticnj.UUCP>
Organization: Unisys/Convergent, San Jose, CA
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In article <356@ticnj.UUCP>, satish@ticnj.UUCP (News Administrator) writes:
> I am using a rm command to empty a file system through a crontab entry, which
> causes the system (sparcstation running SUNOS Rel. 4.0.3c) to panic 
> and reboot !!
> 
> 	mount /dev/.... /mnt
> 	cd /mnt
> 	for i in * ; do rm -rf $i ; done
> 	.....

Why not just use mkfs to recreate the filesystem. 
This has the advantage that performance will be much better
than that over the fragmented filesystem left by removing
lots of files. It will also bypass the cause of the panic if
you are lucky ;-)

Dick Hacking