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# 1  
Old 06-25-2007
Remove directories

Hi Guys,

If i have the following mount points, how to i write a script that navigates to each of the directory and deletes a directory called say "SFD"

/host1/oradata07/SFD
/host1/redo/SFD
/host1/file/redo/SFD
/host1/logs/tempfiles/group/SFD

Basically i am looking for a script that basically enters each of the file system and deletes the directory.. if we can make it more interactive by prompting us before delete, that would be great !!

Thanks guys for your help

Regards
Ganesh
# 2  
Old 06-25-2007
Code:
while true
do
  echo "Enter directory to delete:"
  read mDir
  find . -type d -name $mDir -exec rmdir {} \;
done

# 3  
Old 06-25-2007
You can try something like that:
Code:
find /host1/oradata07/SFD \
     /host1/redo/SFD \
     /host1/file/redo/SFD \
     /host1/logs/tempfiles/group/SFD \
     -type d -name 'SFD' -exec rm -ri {} \;

rm prompt before every removal of file or directory.
The SFD directories from mount points aren't removed.
The directories and are removed even if they are not empty
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