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Created October 13, 2018 11:42
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Removes the docker images manually.
#!/bin/sh
set -e
dir="$1"
if [ -z "$dir" ]; then
{
echo 'This script is for destroying old /var/lib/docker directories more safely than'
echo ' "rm -rf", which can cause data loss or other serious issues.'
echo
echo "usage: $0 directory"
echo " ie: $0 /var/lib/docker"
} >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ]; then
echo >&2 "error: $0 must be run as root"
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then
echo >&2 "error: $dir is not a directory"
exit 1
fi
dir="$(readlink -f "$dir")"
echo
echo "Nuking $dir ..."
echo ' (if this is wrong, press Ctrl+C NOW!)'
echo
( set -x; sleep 10 )
echo
dir_in_dir() {
inner="$1"
outer="$2"
[ "${inner#$outer}" != "$inner" ]
}
# let's start by unmounting any submounts in $dir
# (like -v /home:... for example - DON'T DELETE MY HOME DIRECTORY BRU!)
for mount in $(awk '{ print $5 }' /proc/self/mountinfo); do
mount="$(readlink -f "$mount" || true)"
if dir_in_dir "$mount" "$dir"; then
( set -x; umount -f "$mount" )
fi
done
# now, let's go destroy individual btrfs subvolumes, if any exist
if command -v btrfs > /dev/null 2>&1; then
root="$(df "$dir" | awk 'NR>1 { print $NF }')"
root="${root#/}" # if root is "/", we want it to become ""
for subvol in $(btrfs subvolume list -o "$root/" 2>/dev/null | awk -F' path ' '{ print $2 }' | sort -r); do
subvolDir="$root/$subvol"
if dir_in_dir "$subvolDir" "$dir"; then
( set -x; btrfs subvolume delete "$subvolDir" )
fi
done
fi
# finally, DESTROY ALL THINGS
( set -x; rm -rf "$dir" )
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