#!/usr/bin/env bash 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" != "$mount" ] && dir_in_dir "$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 # Find btrfs subvolumes under $dir checking for inode 256 # Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/32865333 for subvol in $(find "$dir" -type d -inum 256 | sort -r); do if [ "$dir" != "$subvol" ]; then ( set -x; btrfs subvolume delete "$subvol" ) fi done fi # finally, DESTROY ALL THINGS ( shopt -s dotglob; set -x; rm -rf "$dir"/* )