I'm using the following command to zip a project file, but when it finishes, the resulting zip file contains all the directories above the file I wanted zipped, myapp.app, each one empty until you get to the actual app.
zip -r myapp.app.zip ... (0 Replies)
Hey there!
I try to use 'find' to remove empty directories like this:
find . -depth -type d -empty -exec rm -rf {} ';'
It works just fine, but there are some directories i want to exclude.
So i tried to do sth like this:
find . -depth -type d -empty -exec grep -v "not this one please" -exec... (5 Replies)
Hi
Is there any comand where in which we can check the time stamp of the sub folder created in one main folder and delete all the other subfolder which have been created one week before the actual time (current time )
or even 15 days before the current time
Thanks in advance (1 Reply)
In current folder, there are many subfolders, subfolder's subfolders... under it.
How can I find out the empty folders with no files in it.
I only need the top folder list.
For example,
I have folders like below:
a/b/c
a/b/x/x.txt
a/s
a/s/y
I need get the folder a/s, but not... (6 Replies)
Hello,
I have a folder that contains all my music. Recently, I started using a different media player, and I let it manage my music folder. It has sorted all my music neatly in folders by artist and album. However, all the old folders that the songs used to be in are still there, yet they are... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
i am currently setting my windows XP environment to use with Services for Unix (NFS Client) to mount my unix file system as a network drive. However, though i could mount the unix file directory successful, but the folder is empty (which is not). Why is this so? i have imported my unix... (6 Replies)
Hi All,
I need a solution for the following scenario.
I am the owner for the particular folder and I have given 777 permissions for some specific reasons. So others can able to create folders and files.
But when I am done with the work, I need to delete the folders which are created by... (4 Replies)
Hello,
can someone help me to create a short script that tar.gz all folders form a specific folder and the delete the folders themself (without deleting the tar.gz created files)?
Moreover I'd like to add it on crontab and run it each day.
For example: in /tmp I have:
/tmp/test/test1... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: mab80
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rmdir
RMDIR(1) User Commands RMDIR(1)NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...
DESCRIPTION
Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.
--ignore-fail-on-non-empty
ignore each failure that is solely because a directory
is non-empty
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every directory processed
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report rmdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report rmdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO rmdir(2)
The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rmdir programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info coreutils 'rmdir invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 RMDIR(1)