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rsync-ing an empty directory is waaayyyy faster than rm or find -exec or find -delete
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| readonly empty_dir=$(mktemp -d) | |
| readonly target="$1" | |
| rm -rf $empty_dir | |
| mkdir $empty_dir | |
| rsync --recursive --delete $empty_dir/ "$target"/ | |
| rmdir $empty_dir "$target" |
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