[ILUG] Re: rmdir --exclude=foo-dir?

Brian Foster blf at utvinternet.ie
Fri Feb 10 14:16:02 GMT 2012


   [apologies if this double-posts]

> How can I run:
> rmdir  /home/frank/*  but exclude my nfs mountpoints

 Assuming the mount points are mounted,
 and you are using GNU find(1):

  find /home/frank/* -maxdepth 0 -type d ! -fstype nfs -exec rmdir {} +

cheers!
        -blf-

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