jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) (08/17/90)
It seems that /bin/find has a bit of a bug in it. It seems to happen with directory names that start with "."... maybe the below will illustrate what I mean. --------------------------------------------------------------- (567) $ find / -name core -depth -print /* try absolute referencing */ find: cannot chdir to /usr2/misc/cops find: cannot chdir to /usr2/src/ftpd_src/RCS find: cannot chdir to /usr2/changes find: cannot chdir to /Mail find: bad directory tree /* Huh??!!?? */ (568) $ cd / (569) $ find . -name core -depth -print /* now try relative */ find: cannot chdir to ./usr2/misc/cops find: cannot chdir to ./usr2/src/ftpd_src/RCS find: cannot chdir to ./usr2/changes find: cannot chdir to ./Mail find: cannot chdir to ./.elm /* Oh, gets hung here */ find: cannot chdir to ./etc/boot.d find: cannot chdir to ./etc/init.d find: cannot chdir to ./etc/install.d find: cannot chdir to ./etc/master.d find: cannot chdir to ./etc/startup.d find: cannot chdir to ./etc/uninstall.d find: cannot chdir to ./usr/lib/uucp find: cannot chdir to ./usr/spool/cron find: cannot chdir to ./usr/spool/netmail find: cannot chdir to ./root find: cannot chdir to ./Useful Commands (570) $ find /. -name core -print /* absolute and relative */ find: cannot chdir to /./usr2/misc/cops find: cannot chdir to /./usr2/src/ftpd_src/RCS find: cannot chdir to /./usr2/changes find: cannot chdir to /./Mail find: cannot chdir to /./.elm find: cannot chdir to /./etc/boot.d find: cannot chdir to /./etc/init.d find: cannot chdir to /./etc/install.d find: cannot chdir to /./etc/master.d find: cannot chdir to /./etc/startup.d find: cannot chdir to /./etc/uninstall.d find: cannot chdir to /./usr/lib/uucp find: cannot chdir to /./usr/spool/cron find: cannot chdir to /./usr/spool/netmail find: cannot chdir to /./root find: cannot chdir to /./Useful Commands (571) $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I don't think that the protection of /.elm has anything to do with it although if root does it, it works, so maybe it does... Weird... -- ======================================================================= #include <std/disclaimer.h> =:^) Jim Jagielski NASA/GSFC, Code 711.1 jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov Greenbelt, MD 20771 "Kilimanjaro is a pretty tricky climb. Most of it's up, until you reach the very, very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply."