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--- Begin Message ---
Package: findutils
Version: 4.2.27-3
It seems that the `-name' behaves inconsistently when one of the
`path's given contain a trailing slash:
$ find /tmp/ -name tmp/ -and -printf 'Found: %p\n'
find: warning: Unix filenames usually don't contain slashes (though pathnames
do). That means that '-name tmp/' will probably evaluate to false all the time
on this system. You might find the '-wholename' test more useful, or perhaps
'-samefile'. Alternatively, if you are using GNU grep, you could use 'find ...
-print0 | grep -FzZ tmp/'.
Found: /tmp/
$
Please note that it isn't possible to use just /DIRECTORY as the
`path', since then the symbolic link won't be followed:
$ find /SYMLINK-TO-A-DIRECTORY
/SYMLINK-TO-A-DIRECTORY
$ find /SYMLINK-TO-A-DIRECTORY/
/SYMLINK-TO-A-DIRECTORY/
/SYMLINK-TO-A-DIRECTORY/FOO
...
$
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.4.0-
On 2008-06-30 Ivan Shmakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: findutils
> Version: 4.2.27-3
> It seems that the `-name' behaves inconsistently when one of the
> `path's given contain a trailing slash:
> $ find /tmp/ -name tmp/ -and -printf 'Found: %p\n'
> find: warning: Unix filenames usually don't contain slashes (though pathnames
> do). That means that '-name tmp/' will probably evaluate to false all the
> time on this system. You might find the '-wholename' test more useful, or
> perhaps '-samefile'. Alternatively, if you are using GNU grep, you could use
> 'find ... -print0 | grep -FzZ tmp/'.
> Found: /tmp/
The version in sid/lenny (4.4.0) won't show "Found: /tmp/" with the
abovementioned commandline.
> $
> Please note that it isn't possible to use just /DIRECTORY as the
> `path', since then the symbolic link won't be followed:
I think you are mixing up search paths, .ie. where find actually
searches (the very first argument) and arguments to the -path option.
The warning is about "-name tmp/", not about the search path.
If you want to find *directories named "tmp" in
/tmp simply use "find /tmp -name tmp -type d -print".
cu andreas
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