[ale] best solution for removing large # of files on NFS share.

[Steve Litt]

Jim Kinney via Ale said on Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:08:52 -0400

>Having been bit by rm before, I now do a mv oldname newname on the dir
>to be removed and let it sit for a day or more to see who screams.
>Same process works in a dir to create a new dir called delete-me and
>mv the files into delete-me. Do a cleanout later after user screams
>subside.

Good idea if newname is on spinning rust with adequate space. IMHO bad
idea if newname is on SSD or NVMe.

>
>I only care about my efficiency. The computer exists to do my bidding.
>It's nice to not eat up resources on SA stuff, but if it takes "too
>long" to implement, my time is more valuable.

Exactly. Just do it when the computer will be under minimum use for
several hours.

SteveT

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