On Thu, 6 May 2004 16:44:13 -0500, "Mark McWilliams" <mark@nospam.com>
wrote:

>
>"Dan Foster" <usenet@evilphb.org> wrote in message
>news:slrnc9idpc.6sh.usenet@gaia.roc2.gblx.net.. .
>> In article <c7bbrs$9tj$3@newshispeed.ch>, Pfister Andreas
><PfisterAndreas@web.de> wrote:
>> > Mark McWilliams wrote:
>> >> I'm trying to remove all the files from a file system. The problem
>that I'm
>> >> having is that I'm trying to use the rm command and I'm getting "the
>> >> parameter list is to long" because their are thousands of files in the
>file
>> >> system. Is their a way to remove the files and ignore the parameter
>error
>> >> or a way to remove all of the files from a particular file system?
>> >
>> > find . -exec rm -f {} \;
>>
>> Even faster:
>>
>> find /filesystem | xargs rm -f
>>
>> ...because it will do far fewer forks for rm than with the suggested
>> solution.
>>
>> Fastest if possible to do is to umount filesystem, rmfs it, then
>> recreate it with mklv/crfs.
>>
>> -Dan
>
>Andy and Dan,
>
> Thanks for the commands, they worked great!!!!!
>
>Mark
>
>
>

Even faster is to unmount it and run 'mkfs <filesystem>'