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тАО12-18-2008 03:43 PM
тАО12-18-2008 03:43 PM
How Can I delete everything from directory
( including hidden files, system files, ready only, .extension **Nothing should be there at all).
and after deleting I need to check also to make sure everything is working fine and there is nothing left. If there are something which I cant delete then I have to send mail to my email address.
I am trying so many things but nothing is completely working. I believe there is a way to do these things efficiently.
Thanks In Advance
I will appreciate any help
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тАО12-18-2008 04:59 PM
тАО12-18-2008 04:59 PM
Re: delete everything and check whether everything is deleted or not
Use this very carefully as root and *nothing* including the directory will be left...and there will be no need to check:
# rm -rf /path
Regards!
...JRF...
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тАО12-18-2008 06:56 PM
тАО12-18-2008 06:56 PM
Re: delete everything and check whether everything is deleted or not
If you want to keep the directory its self, you could use JRF's method then recreate the empty dir or
rm -rf /dir/*
rm -rf /dir/.* (to remove hidden files)
>>>> and after deleting I need to check also to make sure everything is working fine and there is nothing left. If there are something which I cant delete then I have to send mail to my email address.
You need to count the files or check for file left in the directory after the delete. shouldnt be too hard.
if [[ -f /dir/* ]] (or something similar)
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тАО12-18-2008 07:00 PM
тАО12-18-2008 07:00 PM
Re: delete everything and check whether everything is deleted or not
if [[ $path != "/" ]] Just an idea....
then
rm -rf /$path/*
fi
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тАО12-18-2008 09:59 PM
тАО12-18-2008 09:59 PM
Re: delete everything and check whether everything is deleted or not
You don't want that, that will remove the parent directory.
Better to remove the whole directory as JRF said, rather than make this mistake.
This should work: ll ..?* * .[_0-9A-z]*
But this won't find ".+", unless added above.
\ls -a /dir | fgrep -x -v -e . -e ..
Will exclude "." and "..".
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тАО12-18-2008 11:00 PM
тАО12-18-2008 11:00 PM
Re: delete everything and check whether everything is deleted or not
ll .[!.]* ..?* *
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тАО12-19-2008 08:04 AM
тАО12-19-2008 08:04 AM
Re: delete everything and check whether everything is deleted or not
U R right but I cant remove the directory itself. I dont have privilege to delete and make another one. Only thing I can do here is I can delete whatever is inside the directory and its must for me I have to make it empty in any case and put new files there.
Dennis,
>> ll .[!.]* ..?* * --> is this for testing whether anything is left in the directory? or have to use with rm -rf to remove everything?
that means to remove everything
rm -rf dir/*
rm -rf dir/.*
will work?
Im confused. Could U plz help me.
thanks alot
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тАО12-19-2008 09:41 AM
тАО12-19-2008 09:41 AM
Re: delete everything and check whether everything is deleted or not
if you are saying you only want to delete the files within the directory that you own, as opposed to those that are there and you can access, that's something else altogether.
It would help if you clearly explained precisely what is is you need to accomplish (ie a statement of the end result rather than the actions you want to do to get there)
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тАО12-19-2008 10:19 AM
тАО12-19-2008 10:19 AM
Re: delete everything and check whether everything is deleted or not
I need this coz I am trying to delete the old contains of directories and paste new version of files in it.
the script I have tried is
rm -rf ${dest_dir}/*
rm -rf ${dest_dir}/.*
if [[ ll .[!.]* ..?* * |wc -l != 0 ]]; then
echo "! Tar Error!! Scipt is not able to delete ${dest_dir} in ${DHOST} server while code push \n"|mail -x "Urget Tar Error" support@gmail.com
exit
else
echo "${dest_dir} is empty now U can proceed \n"
fi
But I am not sure about my code but I believe there is a better way to write it
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тАО12-19-2008 06:40 PM
тАО12-19-2008 06:40 PM
SolutionThat may make it easier. Just "rm -rf" the directory, then only the last step will fail. Then check to see if there is anything left in it. (Make sure you try it first to see if it never starts because of the permissions.)
> ll .[!.]* ..?* * --> is this for testing whether anything is left in the directory? or have to use with rm -rf to remove everything?
Both.
>that means to remove everything
rm -rf dir/*
rm -rf dir/.*
No, exactly as I had:
rm -rf dir/* dir/.[!.]* dir/..?*
>I just want to delete the contents of the directory including (hidden files, read only, system files)
There is no such thing as system files as a file property. Hidden files are just a shell and ls(1) convention.
>I don't have permission to delete those I should send email to admin or responsible person
If the rm exit status is bad, you can send a message. But you may want to check the ls output for a more positive check. ls -R would actually list the files in question too.
>if [[ ll .[!.]* ..?* * |wc -l != 0 ]]; then
I doubt this works. You need to test this:
lines=$(ls -a ${dest_dir} | wc -l)
If there is nothing there, you may still see one line, or 3 for . and ..? If so, adjust the number below.
if [ "$lines" -gt 1 ]; then
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