When I'm trying to delete all directories starting with tmp, I used this command:
find -type d -name tmp* -exec rmdir {} \;
And it does the trick, but this command is exiting with an error code:
find: `./tmp09098': No such file or directory
What causing failing my build.
Can anyone tell me how I can delete those folders without getting the error?
After trying what @anubhava suggested and quoted 'temp*',
find -type d -name 'tmp*' -exec rmdir {} \;
I still get the same error:
find: `./tmp0909565g': No such file or directory
find: `./tmp09095': No such file or directory
When running:
find -type d -name 'tmp*' -exec ls -ld '{}' \;
This is the result:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 16 10:08 ./tmp0909565g
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 16 10:07 ./tmp09095
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 16 10:08 ./tmp09094544656
You should quote the pattern otherwise it will be expanded by shell on command line:
find . -type d -name 'tmp*' -mindepth 1 -exec rm -rf '{}' \; -prune
-prune causes find to not descend into the current file/dir.