[ale] delete all files but leave folder structure intact

[Lightner, Jeff]

For real fun use /dev/null as the backup device.   It makes the backups
extremely fast but restore is a bit problematical...

 

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Kinney
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:22 AM
To: ale at pcartwright.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] delete all files but leave folder structure intact

 

 

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>
wrote:

On 4/19/2011 9:33 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Picky picky
>
> Then don't ever do "rm -rf .*"



especially as ROOT:)


So it's OK to do it as root but not ROOT ?   :-)

Takes all the fun out of a Monday morning exercise of the backup/restore
systems! 

	
	
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