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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how to delete/remove directory in fastest way Post 101339 by vino on Tuesday 7th of March 2006 09:37:44 AM
Old 03-07-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by matrixmadhan
aliasing could have been done, for some purpose
i dont think unaliasing and using the command as a valid one.

instead use,
/bin/rm -rf /dir/to/delete
or
/usr/bin/rm -rf /dir/to/delete

aliasing would be preserved.
Very true. Deleting over a million files, wouldnt be a novice's job. You would be very aware of what you are doing.
 

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lint(1B)                                             SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands                                             lint(1B)

NAME

       lint - C program verifier

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/lint [options]

DESCRIPTION

       /usr/ucb/lint  is  the  interface  to  the  BSD  Compatibility  Package  C  program  verifier.   It  is  a  script  that looks for the link
       /usr/ccs/bin/ucblint to the C program verifier. /usr/ccs/bin/ucblint is available only with the SPROcc package, whose default  location  is
       /opt/SUNWspro.  /usr/ucb/lint  is  identical to /usr/ccs/bin/ucblint, except that BSD headers are used and BSD  libraries are linked before
       base libraries.  The /opt/SUNWspro/man/man1/lint.1 man page is available only with the SPROcc package.

OPTIONS

       /usr/ucb/lint accepts the same options as /usr/ccs/bin/ucblint, with the following exceptions:

       -Idir           Search dir for included files whose names do not begin with a slash (/) prior  to  searching  the  usual  directories.  The
                       directories for multiple -I options are searched in the order specified. The preprocessor first searches for #include files
                       in the directory containing sourcefile, and then in directories named with -I options (if any), then  /usr/ucbinclude,  and
                       finally, in /usr/include.

       -Ldir           Add  dir  to  the  list  of  directories  searched  for  libraries  by  /usr/ccs/bin/ucblint.  This  option  is  passed  to
                       /usr/ccs/bin/ld. Directories specified with this option are searched before /usr/ucblib and /usr/lib.

       -Y P, dir       Change the default directory used for finding libraries.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0               Successful completion.

       >0              An error occurred.

FILES

       /usr/lint/bin/ld        link editor

       /usr/lib/libc           C library

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       /usr/ucblib/libucb      BSD Compatibility C library

       /usr/lib/libsocket      library containing socket routines

       /usr/lib/libnsl         library containing network functions

       /usr/lib/libelf         library containing routines to process ELF object files

       /usr/lib/libaio         library containing asynchronous I/O routines

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWscpu                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ld(1), a.out(4), attributes(5)

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