diff -ruN findutils.orig/find/defs.h findutils/find/defs.h
--- findutils.orig/find/defs.h	Sun May 20 22:39:37 2001
+++ findutils/find/defs.h	Thu Feb 21 10:55:20 2002
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
 boolean pred_cnewer PARAMS((char *pathname, struct stat *stat_buf, struct predicate *pred_ptr));
 boolean pred_comma PARAMS((char *pathname, struct stat *stat_buf, struct predicate *pred_ptr));
 boolean pred_ctime PARAMS((char *pathname, struct stat *stat_buf, struct predicate *pred_ptr));
+boolean pred_delete PARAMS((char *pathname, struct stat *stat_buf, struct predicate *pred_ptr));
 boolean pred_empty PARAMS((char *pathname, struct stat *stat_buf, struct predicate *pred_ptr));
 boolean pred_exec PARAMS((char *pathname, struct stat *stat_buf, struct predicate *pred_ptr));
 boolean pred_false PARAMS((char *pathname, struct stat *stat_buf, struct predicate *pred_ptr));
diff -ruN findutils.orig/find/parser.c findutils/find/parser.c
--- findutils.orig/find/parser.c	Sun May 20 22:39:37 2001
+++ findutils/find/parser.c	Thu Feb 21 11:11:26 2002
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 static boolean parse_comma PARAMS((char *argv[], int *arg_ptr));
 static boolean parse_ctime PARAMS((char *argv[], int *arg_ptr));
 static boolean parse_daystart PARAMS((char *argv[], int *arg_ptr));
+static boolean parse_delete PARAMS((char *argv[], int *arg_ptr));
 static boolean parse_depth PARAMS((char *argv[], int *arg_ptr));
 static boolean parse_empty PARAMS((char *argv[], int *arg_ptr));
 static boolean parse_exec PARAMS((char *argv[], int *arg_ptr));
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@
 #endif
   {"ctime", parse_ctime},
   {"daystart", parse_daystart},	/* GNU */
+  {"delete",parse_delete},      /* FreeBSD */
   {"depth", parse_depth},
   {"empty", parse_empty},	/* GNU */
   {"exec", parse_exec},
@@ -394,6 +396,22 @@
 			: cur_day_start % DAYSECS);
       full_days = true;
     }
+  return (true);
+}
+
+static boolean
+parse_delete(argv, arg_ptr)
+     char *argv[];
+     int *arg_ptr;
+{
+  struct predicate *our_pred;
+
+  our_pred = insert_primary (pred_delete);
+  /* -delete has the side effect of deleting.  This prevents us
+     from doing undesired multiple deleting when the user has
+     already specified -delete. */
+  our_pred->side_effects = true;
+  our_pred->need_stat = true;
   return (true);
 }
 
diff -ruN findutils.orig/find/pred.c findutils/find/pred.c
--- findutils.orig/find/pred.c	Sun May 20 22:39:37 2001
+++ findutils/find/pred.c	Thu Feb 21 11:00:14 2002
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
   {pred_cnewer, "cnewer  "},
   {pred_comma, ",       "},
   {pred_ctime, "ctime   "},
+  {pred_delete,"delete  "},
   {pred_empty, "empty   "},
   {pred_exec, "exec    "},
   {pred_false, "false   "},
@@ -398,6 +399,23 @@
       break;
     }
   return (false);
+}
+
+boolean
+pred_delete (pathname, stat_buf, pred_ptr)
+     char *pathname;
+     struct stat *stat_buf;
+     struct predicate *pred_ptr;
+{
+  if (S_ISDIR(stat_buf->st_mode))
+    {
+      rmdir(pathname);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      unlink(pathname);
+    }
+  return (true);
 }
 
 boolean