Why does find say file/directory not found when it finds it?

Question

bash

Tell me why when you run the command:

find /var/www/ -type d -name modified -exec rm -rf {} \;

I get the message:
find: '/var/www/test/modified': No such file or directory
Although the directory finds and deletes.
I hide the message 2>/dev/nullbut still wonder why? Is he missing something?

Answer 1

Is he missing something?

The -prune switch is missing after -exec so that it does not try to go into the newly deleted directory:

find /var/www/ -type d -name modified -exec rm -rf {} \; -prune

Answer 2

you can also limit yourself to depth 1:

find '/var/www/' -maxdepth 1 -name 'modified' -a -type d -exec rm -f {} \;