A couple of times there was the question: in a directory hierarchy how to display the deepest directories only.
For example in Help with listing only subfolders.
My hot solution at that time was (in short)
Code:
find . -depth -type d | awk -F / 'NF>=p; {p=NF}'
But another article has opened my eyes for the cool solution
Code:
find . -depth -type d -links 2
In fact I had implemented that a long time ago in a Unix cleantmp solution; the task is to run rmdir on non-empty directories, and in the absence of -empty the -links 2 is the closest approach: an rmdir can only work on the deepest directories.
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
rmdir
RMDIR(3) 1 RMDIR(3)rmdir - Removes directorySYNOPSIS
bool rmdir (string $dirname, [resource $context])
DESCRIPTION
Attempts to remove the directory named by $dirname. The directory must be empty, and the relevant permissions must permit this. A E_WARN-
ING level error will be generated on failure.
PARAMETERS
o $dirname
- Path to the directory.
o $context
-
Note
Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to "Streams".
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.0.0 | |
| | |
| | As of PHP 5.0.0 rmdir(3) can also be used with |
| | some URL wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols |
| | and Wrappers" for a listing of which wrappers |
| | support rmdir(3). |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
rmdir(3) example
<?php
if (!is_dir('examples')) {
mkdir('examples');
}
rmdir('examples');
?>
NOTES
Note
When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in which the script is operating has the same UID (owner) as the script
that is being executed.
SEE ALSO is_dir(3), mkdir(3), unlink(3).
PHP Documentation Group RMDIR(3)
02-19-2016
Tip: how to get the deepest directories
