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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script to delete old directories Post 302536368 by itkamaraj on Tuesday 5th of July 2011 08:14:10 AM
Old 07-05-2011
what is the problem in your command ?

it will delete the sub directories also ( you are using -rf )
 

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tapset::stap_staticmarkers(3stap)										 tapset::stap_staticmarkers(3stap)

NAME

       tapset::stap_staticmarkers - systemtap stap_staticmarkers tapset

DESCRIPTION

       stap.pass0
	      Starting stap pass0 (parsing command line arguments)

	       See probe::stap.pass0(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass0.end
	      Finished stap pass0 (parsing command line arguments)

	       See probe::stap.pass0.end(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass1a
	      Starting stap pass1 (parsing user script)

	       See probe::stap.pass1a(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass1b
	      Starting stap pass1 (parsing library scripts)

	       See probe::stap.pass1b(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass1.end
	      Finished stap pass1 (parsing scripts)

	       See probe::stap.pass1.end(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass2
	      Starting stap pass2 (elaboration)

	       See probe::stap.pass2(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass2.end
	      Finished stap pass2 (elaboration)

	       See probe::stap.pass2.end(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass3
	      Starting stap pass3 (translation to C)

	       See probe::stap.pass3(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass3.end
	      Finished stap pass3 (translation to C)

	       See probe::stap.pass3.end(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass4
	      Starting stap pass4 (compile C code into kernel module)

	       See probe::stap.pass4(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass4.end
	      Finished stap pass4 (compile C code into kernel module)

	       See probe::stap.pass4.end(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass5
	      Starting stap pass5 (running the instrumentation)

	       See probe::stap.pass5(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass5.end
	      Finished stap pass5 (running the instrumentation)

	       See probe::stap.pass5.end(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass6
	      Starting stap pass6 (cleanup)

	       See probe::stap.pass6(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.pass6.end
	      Finished stap pass6 (cleanup)

	       See probe::stap.pass6.end(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.cache_clean
	      Removing file from stap cache

	       See probe::stap.cache_clean(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.cache_add_mod
	      Adding kernel instrumentation module to cache

	       See probe::stap.cache_add_mod(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.cache_add_src
	      Adding C code translation to cache

	       See probe::stap.cache_add_src(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.cache_add_nss
	      Add NSS (Network Security Services) information to cache

	       See probe::stap.cache_add_nss(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.cache_get
	      Found item in stap cache

	       See probe::stap.cache_get(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.system
	      Starting a command from stap

	       See probe::stap.system(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.system.spawn
	      stap spawned new process

	       See probe::stap.system.spawn(3stap)
	       for details.

       stap.system.return
	      Finished a command from stap

	       See probe::stap.system.return(3stap)
	       for details.

       staprun.insert_module
	      Inserting SystemTap instrumentation module

	       See probe::staprun.insert_module(3stap)
	       for details.

       staprun.remove_module
	      Removing SystemTap instrumentation module

	       See probe::staprun.remove_module(3stap)
	       for details.

       staprun.send_control_message
	      Sending a control message

	       See probe::staprun.send_control_message(3stap)
	       for details.

       stapio.receive_control_message
	      Received a control message

	       See probe::stapio.receive_control_message(3stap)
	       for details.

SEE ALSO

	    probe::stap.pass0(3stap),	     probe::stap.pass0.end(3stap),	  probe::stap.pass1a(3stap),	    probe::stap.pass1b(3stap),
       probe::stap.pass1.end(3stap),	    probe::stap.pass2(3stap),	     probe::stap.pass2.end(3stap),	    probe::stap.pass3(3stap),
       probe::stap.pass3.end(3stap),	      probe::stap.pass4(3stap), 	probe::stap.pass4.end(3stap),	     probe::stap.pass5(3stap),
       probe::stap.pass5.end(3stap),	  probe::stap.pass6(3stap),	  probe::stap.pass6.end(3stap),        probe::stap.cache_clean(3stap),
       probe::stap.cache_add_mod(3stap),    probe::stap.cache_add_src(3stap),	 probe::stap.cache_add_nss(3stap),  probe::stap.cache_get(3stap),
       probe::stap.system(3stap),  probe::stap.system.spawn(3stap),    probe::stap.system.return(3stap),    probe::staprun.insert_module(3stap),
       probe::staprun.remove_module(3stap),   probe::staprun.send_control_message(3stap),  probe::stapio.receive_control_message(3stap),  stap(1),
       stapprobes(3stap)

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