Update update.rst

[wadoli]

changed ls call so as not to include . and .. (ls manpage: -A List all entries except for . and ... Always set for the super-user.)

[MorrisJobke]

But ls without any parameter doesn't list hidden files (which includes . and ..)

The command without -A works fine for me.

[wadoli]

Well it did on my hosting provider's server, where I login as a normal user. I'm still waiting for the restore... :-)

[MorrisJobke]

@wadoli can you the ls command with which ls? Maybe you have added an alias for ls

[wadoli]

which ls has no result. alias returns among other things alias ls='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS'. echo $LS_OPTIONS returns --color=tty -F -a -b -T 0. So I guess the option -a explains my troubles. I don't know how common this kind of options-setting is among hosting providers, but I guess my recommendation might help in similar cases. (still waiting for the restore btw.)

[MorrisJobke]

cc @DeepDiver1975 @karlitschek @bantu What do you think?

[DeepDiver1975]

maybe use find instead of ls ?

[bantu]

Agree with @DeepDiver1975

[bantu]

As a starting point: find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name data -prune -o -type d -name config -prune -o -exec rm -rf {} \;

[bantu]

find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
    -type d -name data -prune -o \
    -type d -name config -prune -o \
    -exec rm -rf {} \;

[bantu]

find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -path data ! -path config -exec rm -rf {} \;

[MorrisJobke]

I would prefer #254

[wadoli]

Fine with me. Thanks.