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    tghounsell Guest

    Newbie q - rm recursive desktop.ini

    Hi all,

    I'm a newbie. I've copy over my mp3 library from a windows machine, now I'd like to remove the desktop.ini files and the thumbs.db files that win media player created from all the subdirectories. I think the command should look something like this:

    rm -r desktop.ini

    But that command doesn't seem to work. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

    Cheers,

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    try this
    Code:
    su -
    Password:
    rm -rfv desktop.ini
    rm -rfv thumbs.db
    sometimes it helps to (-v) to see what is happening
    sometimes it helps to (-f) force it
    and then sometimes it helps to be root (su -)
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    ceplma Guest

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    Quote Originally Posted by tghounsell
    I think the command should look something like this:

    rm -r desktop.ini
    It should be

    find . -name desktop.ini -o -name thumbs.db

    and if it shows all files you want to delete, run

    find . -name desktop.ini -o -name thumbs.db -delete

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    That works too
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