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[Linux] Effectively delete a lot of files in a directory
Struggler J.
2016. 9. 17. 00:58
Ref - http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/37329/efficiently-delete-large-directory-containing-thousands-of-files
When thousands of files are on one directory, it is really time consuming when delete al files.
In this case, you can effectively delete use rsync (To be honest, I don't know rsync, but just enter the follow commands:
mkdir empty_dir
rsync -a --delete empty_dir/ yourdirectory/
It works!