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Why does removing directories on my linux takes forever?
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Mar 15, 20263152 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
I use to delete some large directories from my linux. It takes forever! Is there anyway to speed things up?
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rm -rf mydir
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Stackoverflow question of interest has some good tricks, Unix: fast 'remove directory' for cleaning up daily builds And, what is a 'large directory' here? A flat directory with lots of (maybe small) files? or, a large directory tree (which may be wi…
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