Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:07:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> To: Nathan Mace <mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 'find' question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109231603040.4143-100000@pogo.caustic.org> In-Reply-To: <20010923190226.3d62ec9c.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Nathan Mace wrote: > is there a way to use find to print out a list of files and > directories that are writable by a certain user? for example if my > user name was "nathan" and i wanted a list of every directory that i > had rights to right to how would i run that command? i read the find > man page, and i think it's possible to do this, i just don't have any > idea how. have you tried the various examples? find / -name <USER> -print that would print out anything by the one user. > on a side note, if this is possible, can i use "locate" instead of > find? not in this way. please take a look at the locate(1) man page. -- jan -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+ http://caustic.org/~jan jan@caustic.org "if my thought-dreams could be seen.. "they'd probably put my head in a gillotine" -- Bob Dylan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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