As Corona688 already said, the order in which rm processes files found in a directory is unspecified. All implementations of rm that I've seen will process them in the order that you would see if you used the command:
for each of the operands that find passes to rm. I suppose some implementation of rm could waste time sorting its operands, but most UNIX systems don't want reduce performance by performing unneeded functions before calling a function equivalent to unlink() or rmdir() depending on the type of the file being removed.
But, the important thing (if you don't want to destroy your system) is to kill any command that tries to recursively remove files from root as soon as possible!
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I'm using the UNIX csh and i wish to use recursion to nav my way up (or down as it is) a given folder.
My little test script is called "r" and takes a folder as argv (or $1)
#!/bin/tcsh -f
set allFiles = `ls -A $argv`
cd $argv
while ($#allFiles)
if (-d... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I create a file touch 1201093003 fichcomp
and inside a repertory (which hava a lot of files) I want to list all files created before this file :
find *.* \! -maxdepth 1 - newer fichcomp but this command returned bash: /usr/bin/find: Argument list too long
but i make a filter all... (1 Reply)
I am running a korn shell script which has a recursive function.
The script ran for 117 iterations and ended up with the following error
"recursion too deep".
what should be done to avert this?
Thanks in advance
Swamy
p.s. I am on UNIX MPRAS V4 (3 Replies)
Hello every body. I am trying to find the factorial using the following code. But it is giving the syntax error. I tried very much but in vain. Thanks in advance for helping me
factorial()
{
if
then
y=`expr $1 - 1`
x=$(( $1 \* factorial $y ))... (6 Replies)
Hi,
If i have given to write a prog for factorial in C using recursion and without
recursion which one is better in what condition and why ?
thanks (2 Replies)
I want to halt a tail recursive function after certain validation. I want to come out of entire recursion without unwinding phase. How can i achieve that . The coding is done in C language. (5 Replies)
I will be very grateful if someone can help me with bash shell script that does the following:
I have a list of filenames:
A01_155716
A05_155780
A07_155812
A09_155844
A11_155876
that are kept in different sub directories within my current directory. I want to find these files and copy... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Question: how come the output is like that? Can explain to me abit. I am learning C.
Thanks!
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
void printit(char line_of_char, int index);
int main()
{
char line_of_char;
int index = -1;
strcpy(line_of_char, "This is a string.");
... (5 Replies)
Can someone please explain me why the following script calls it self recursively:
#!/bin/bash
echo Called
$0
while this not:
#!/bin/bash
echo Called
$($0)
Thanks (6 Replies)
I need to find a word '% Retail by State' in the folder /usr/sas/reports/RetailSalesTaxallocation.
When I tried like below,
-bash-4.1$ cd /usr/sas/reports/RetailSalesTaxallocation
-bash-4.1$ find ./ -name % Retail by State
find: paths must precede expression: Retail
Usage: find ... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ram Kumar_BE
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remove
REMOVE(3) Linux Programmer's Manual REMOVE(3)NAME
remove - remove a file or directory
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int remove(const char *pathname);
DESCRIPTION
remove() deletes a name from the filesystem. It calls unlink(2) for files, and rmdir(2) for directories.
If the removed name was the last link to a file and no processes have the file open, the file is deleted and the space it was using is made
available for reuse.
If the name was the last link to a file, but any processes still have the file open, the file will remain in existence until the last file
descriptor referring to it is closed.
If the name referred to a symbolic link, the link is removed.
If the name referred to a socket, FIFO, or device, the name is removed, but processes which have the object open may continue to use it.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
The errors that occur are those for unlink(2) and rmdir(2).
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
+----------+---------------+---------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+----------+---------------+---------+
|remove() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
+----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, 4.3BSD.
BUGS
Infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS can cause the unexpected disappearance of files which are still being used.
SEE ALSO rm(1), unlink(1), link(2), mknod(2), open(2), rename(2), rmdir(2), unlink(2), mkfifo(3), symlink(7)COLOPHON
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