Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 03:42:03 +0100 From: void <float@firedrake.org> To: Robin Breathe <robin@isometry.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find(1) - peculiar behaviour Message-ID: <20020531024203.GA5000@parhelion.firedrake.org> In-Reply-To: <000101c2084b$86bce150$026ca8c0@ishadow> References: <000001c20849$c6878440$026ca8c0@ishadow> <000101c2084b$86bce150$026ca8c0@ishadow>
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On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 03:33:18AM +0100, Robin Breathe wrote: > > I've just realised this is mentioned under BUGS in man 1 find, so my > query changes to: "anyone fancy fixing it and/or giving me some > pointers on how to fix it", or maybe suggest a better way for me to do > this? > "find -L . -type l -exec rm '{}' \;" strikes me as likely to be the > fastest alternative... though it's not very pretty ;) That's likely to be more forks and execs than the xargs version, O miserly one. :-) -- Ben "An art scene of delight I created this to be ..." -- Sun Ra To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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