umount/mkfs/mount

mkfs is just the 'format' part of crfs...

-r

<scott_doyland@johnlewis.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> Dan Foster wrote:
>> In article <df4n68$8ee$1@news.ryerson.ca>, Larry Anta <lanta@ryerson.ca>
>> wrote:
>> > Is there a way to quickly delete all files in a filesystem? A
>> > recursive rm
>> > is much too slow on a filesystem that contains hundreds of thousands of
>> > files. Thanks.
>>
>> Sure. Sounds odd, but: unmount the filesystem, remake the filesystem,
>> remount.
>>
>> Doesn't get any quicker than that.
>>
>> -Dan
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> I didnt think this would work, so I tried unmounting and then
> recreating the FS thru smit. It didnt work and it said
>
> crfs: 0506-909 /scott file system already exists.
>
> Are there flags I need to the crfs to overwrite the exisitng FS.
>
> Scott
>