08-26-2009
delete recursively contents of folders
hi,
I've a folder structure like :
/home/project/LIBNAMEA/FILE1
/home/project/LIBNAMED/FILE2
/home/project/LIBNAMEC/FILE3
/home/project/LIBNAMED/FILE4
/home/project/LIBNAMEX/FILE5
(there is no relation in the letters after the project/ )
and i need to delete the files keeping the structure of folders.
any help?
thx in advance
jtmartins
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projdel(1M) System Administration Commands projdel(1M)
NAME
projdel - delete a project from the system
SYNOPSIS
projdel [-f filename] project
DESCRIPTION
The projdel utility deletes a project from the system and makes the appropriate changes to the system file.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-f filename Specify the project file to modify. If no filename is specified, the system project file, /etc/project, is modified.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
project The name of the project to be deleted.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
2 The command syntax was invalid. A usage message for projdel is displayed.
3 An invalid argument was provided to an option.
4 The projid given with the -p option is already in use.
5 The project files contain an error. See project(4).
6 The project to be modified, group, user, or resource does not exist.
9 The project is already in use.
10 Cannot update the /etc/project file.
FILES
/etc/project System project file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWesu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stabilty | See below. |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
Invocation is evolving. Human readable output is unstable.
SEE ALSO
projects(1), groupadd(1M), groupdel(1M), groupmod(1M), grpck(1M), logins(1M), projadd(1M), projmod(1M), useradd(1M), userdel(1M), user-
mod(1M), project(4), attributes(5)
DIAGNOSTICS
In case of an error, projdel prints an error message and exits with a non-zero status.
NOTES
projdel deletes a project definition only on the local system. If a network name service such as NIS or LDAP is being used to supplement
the local /etc/project file with additional entries, projdel cannot change information supplied by the network name service.
SunOS 5.10 4 May 2004 projdel(1M)