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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Deleting directories
Message-ID: <2714@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jul 90 17:05:46 GMT
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In article <37481@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> ashish@janus.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Ashish Mukharji) writes:
>... but deleting the resulting (empty) directory structure presents
>a greater problem. ...

Isn't this what -depth does for find:

	find . -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} \;

I'd try this but "-depth" has absolutely no noticeable effect on my RT.

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