Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:40:05 GMT From: "Anatoli Klassen" <anatoli@aksoft.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/90687: [patch] side effect of -delete option of find(1) Message-ID: <200512210940.jBL9e54W081536@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/90687; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Anatoli Klassen" <anatoli@aksoft.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/90687: [patch] side effect of -delete option of find(1) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:34:26 +0100 (CET) > In your example above ... > > - "b" & "d" are found due to "-type l" criteria, > - information about "a" is returned, instead of "b", due to "-L" > option > - file information about "a" is suppressed as it is not a link, > - information about "d" is returned as it is a link and and the > linked file does not exist. > - in the end, all you have is "d" in the output. Exactly. But not try to add the -delete option - both "b" and "d" will be deleted, not only "d".
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