deleting files rule
2026-04-24 18:02 UTC
I’ve been deleting old backups for hours and it takes way too long. But I guess that’s what you get with 196,000 “parts/components/files” that have to be removed…
Anyone know why it’d take this long to simply delete files?
Replies (3)
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@Micromot@piefed.social 2026-04-24 22:15
Depending on how the OS deletes things. It could be that it overwrites the file with zeroes which can take long on large files. Some just mark files for deletion as soon as another file needs that space
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@Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-25 11:00
Every time I’ve had the misfortune of using MacOS file handling was the shittiest part.
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@magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-25 11:16
Open a terminal and use rm?