"Daniel O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 20-Nov-00 Brian Reichert wrote:
> > I didn't find anything after an admittedly quick look intp PRs and the mail
> > list archives:
> >
> > Under FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE, we are running a simple log file scrubber:
> >
> > 15 3 * * * find /usr/local/logs/lsp \! -ctime 1 -delete
> >
> > I pointedly am using an absolute path, yes I get this warning repeatedly:
> >
> > find: -delete: /usr/local/logs/lsp: relative path potentially not safe
> >
> > How can I suppress this warning? Is it a bug in find, or did I
> > misunderstand the manpage?
>
> I don't know why, but I think find prints those messages when you attempt to delete
> a directory.
>
> If you do ->
> 15 3 * * * find /usr/local/logs/lsp -type f -a \! -ctime 1 -delete
>
> it should work..
15 3 * * * find /usr/local/logs/lsp -depth \! -ctime 1 -delete
could be better, deletes file entries before directory ones.
PS : -a is not necessary, it's always implied except if -o of course.
Cyrille.
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