jim@bilpin.UUCP (JimG) (02/04/90)
#{v_unix.5}
THE PROBLEM:
Original disk configuration (gave no problems with find):
hd0: /
hd1: /usr
New disk configuration (gives problems with find from / or /usr):
hd0: /
hd1: /usr/acct
with /database/acct rmounted under /usr/acct/RMOUNTS/DatabaseAcct
with /usr/database rmounted under /usr/acct/RMOUNTS/UsrDatabase
with /usr/spool rmounted under /usr/acct/RMOUNTS/UsrSpool
(Thus empty directories /database/acct, /usr/database, /usr/spool exist
on the 1st disk so that the rmounts to the real directories under
/usr/acct/RMOUNTS on the 2nd disk will work.)
Running find from / or /usr gives 'bad status' on :
/usr/acct/RMOUNTS/UsrDatabase
/usr/acct/RMOUNTS/UsrSpool
/usr/acct/(various)
/usr/include
/usr/mail
/usr/news
/usr/preserve
/usr/pub
/usr/spool
/usr/ucb
/usr/dict
/usr/catman
/usr/man
/usr/games
but *not* on :
/usr/acct/RMOUNTS/DatabaseAcct **
/usr/acct/lost+found **
/usr/adm **
/usr/bin **
/usr/lib **
/usr/tmp
Listing the full output from
find /usr -print
shows that the files within the directories marked ** in the previous
group are listed correctly, but those listed for /usr/tmp are in fact
those in /tmp.
Further, files actually located under /database (on the 1st disk) are
listed as being under /usr/database (which exists, but is empty), and
those actually located under /usr/acct/RMOUNTS/DatabaseAcct are
additionally listed as being under /usr/database/acct (which doesn't
exist).
As an extra complication, if one searches from / for a filename which is
physically located *only* under /usr/acct/RMOUNTS/DatabaseAcct/dirname,
find lists it as occurring *three* times, under:
/database/acct/dirname
/usr/database/acct/dirname
/usr/acct/RMOUNTS/DatabaseAcct/dirname
Now, I know there must be a logical pattern to all of this, but I'll be
damned if I can find it. Can anyone shed any light on this situation,
and suggest a solution? A good starting point would be an explanation of
what a find 'bad status' really means - what's it found (or, more
probably, not found) that it can't cope with?
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{JimG : Hatfield, England}
"Life is sure funny, isn't it, Chuck?" . . . . "It depends on the punch line."