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rmdir limitation to 3192 directories
- From: genonceaux at orc dot fr
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:58:41 +0200
- Subject: rmdir limitation to 3192 directories
Windows Server 2k3 R2 SP2 32 bits
Cygwin 1.7.16-1
$ /bin/find.exe --version
find (GNU findutils) 4.5.9
Packaged by Cygwin (4.5.9-2)
$ /bin/rmdir.exe --version
rmdir (GNU coreutils) 8.15
Paquet réalisé par Cygwin (8.15-1)
I try to delete empty directories with this command : "/bin/find /path
-depth -type d -empty -execdir rmdir \{\} \;"
If the number of empty directories to remove greater than 3192, I have the
following message for the directories to remove remaining :
"Bad file descriptor"
Philippe
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