Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 20:25:30 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> Cc: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: find syntax was: Inodes and filenames Message-ID: <Pine.GHP.4.21.0007032024190.1302-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000703101323.A84689@manatee.mammalia.org>
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On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 12:46:31PM +0100, Jan Grant wrote: > > If you know _one_ of the filenames, then ls -l will list the reference > > count of the inode. For normal files, this is the number you're looking > > for. > > > > Otherwise, like Mac said, > > > > find -x /fs -inum nnn > > It seems like I _have_ to use the -x option, otherwise I get an error like: > > find: illegal option --i > find: illegal option --n > find: illegal option --u > find: illegal option --m man find Find takes options, then directories to search, then an expression. Mac's first example left out the /fs. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287163 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Ceci n'est pas une pipe | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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