Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cmcl2!adm!news From: A_DOUGHERTY@acc.haverford.edu (Andy Dougherty) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Deleting directories Message-ID: <23876@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 14 Jul 90 03:51:00 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 4 ... suggestions to use find -depth Of course some versions of find do not have (or at least do not document) the -depth option, so RTFM won't help. In that case the sort trick posted earlier will work.