X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX19DCmQXFNA+B06mhNDhlhCy Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:33:03 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: rmdir limitation to 3192 directories Message-ID: <20120824143303.GA28989@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:30:12AM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote: >On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:58 AM, genonceauxwrote: > >> >> I try to delete empty directories with this command : "/bin/find /path >> -depth -type d -empty -execdir rmdir \{\} \;" > >If you change this to > >/bin/find /path -depth -type d -empty -delete > >> >> If the number of empty directories to remove greater than 3192, I have the >> following message for the directories to remove remaining : >> "Bad file descriptor" > >do you still get this? And, also: http://cygwin.com/problems.html . -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple