SUMMARY-Re: Removing a directory segfaults...

Try using File Manager on CDE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Honeyball [ML]" <mlist@xxxxxxxx>
To: "ML sunmanagers" <sunmanagers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:25 PM
Subject: Removing a directory segfaults...


> I've come across a system which appears to have had directories
> recursively created - problem is I cant cd far enough down to start
> removing them, and an rm -rf segfaults...
>
> e.g.
>
> ls -R
>
> ls:
>
./homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/ho
mer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/
homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/home
r/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/ho
mer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/
homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/home
r/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/ho
mer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/
homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/home
r/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/ho
mer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/
homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/home
r/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/ho
m
> er/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer/homer:
> File name too long
>
> Any thoughts on how to remove this short of backing up the filesystem
> and newfs'ing?
>
> TIA
>
> Darren
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