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fast Linux directory tree removal
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Mar 15, 20263950 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
is painfully slow for a directory tree with 100000 files (in sub-directories) on a reiserfs file system. Any ideas for faster removal of directory trees (even risking rare corruption) ?
Error Output
rm -rf mydir
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Fix for: fast Linux directory tree removal
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The only solution I can think of is to have all your files on a separate files system. The file system can live on disk partition or in a file. Instead of deleting the files you could wipe out the partition or delete the file. I can sympathize with …
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