On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 04:44:31PM -0800, Gelen James wrote: > [root at centos_58_test_box workingDir]# find . -type d -name '.svn' -exec /bin/rm -rf '{}' \; > find: ./.svn: No such file or directory [...] "find" is attempting to open the ".svn" directory to see if there are any subdirectories to work on but it can't because you just deleted it. You either need "-prune" to stop it going further down the tree or "-depth" to tell it to go down the tree first before running the -exec -- rgds Stephen