Re: [PATCH] Use find ... | xargs rm -f instead of find ... -delete

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Graham Percival <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> Then change it to something like this:
>>> 
>>>     find $(outdir)/offline-root -type l -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f --
>>> 
>>> Or even this (completely POSIX compliant):
>>> 
>>>     find $(outdir)/offline-root -type -l -exec rm -f -- '{}' +
>>> 
>>> (but then I've to patch it again, since find(1) on OpenBSD doesn't yet
>>> support the `-exec command {} +' primary).
>>
>> Well, if that's part of POSIX, then adding it can't be a bad
>> thing.  :)
>
> Isn't AFAIK.

The '+' thing appears to be POSIX if I am reading the GNU documentation
correctly.  I have my doubts regarding the veracity of this information
(but one could look that up), and about how widely it is implemented.

-- 
David Kastrup