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Old 03-18-2009
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Be very careful when you run this.

First identify what the directories are:
Code:
find / -name "??????????" -type d -empty -ls
Then delete (be careful, I am warning you)
Code:
find / -name "??????????" -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;