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and subject line Re: Bug#626072: findutils: find -regex ... -execdir mv ...
inconsistent behavior
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Package: findutils
Version: 4.4.2-1+b1
Severity: important
Tags: sid
Hello, i have the following problem with find:
________________________________________________________________________
$ tree -F --noreport
..
├── test/
└── TEST01
$ find . -regex ".*TEST01" -execdir mv '{}' test \;
$ tree -F --noreport
..
└── test/
└── test
________________________________________________________________________
The expected result would be:
└── test/
└── TEST01
I am not 100% sure this qualify as a bug, nevertheless:
I get the expected result in Squeeze and Slackware 13.37. And following
a discussion on debian-user-french list, at least one person has
confirmed the problem and another gets the expected result, both using
Sid with bash-4.1-3 (debian package). The persone getting the expected
result has the same findutils version as mine, while the person
confirming the problem has findutils 4.5.8-1.
We have not been abble to determine what difference in our systems could
cause the difference in "find" behavior, for the exact same command.
Some things I have tried which does not solve the problem:
1) $ LANG=en find . -regex...
2) run the same command under ZSH.
3) run the same command under a new and clean user account
Workarounds:
$ find . -regex ".*TEST01" -execdir mv -t test '{}' \;
$ find . -maxdepth 1 -regex ".*TEST01" -execdir mv '{}' test \;
Best regards,
Alexandre
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages findutils depends on:
ii dpkg 1.16.0.3 Debian package management system
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-6 Manage installed documentation in
ii libc6 2.13-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
findutils recommends no packages.
Versions of packages findutils suggests:
ii mlocate 0.23.1-1 quickly find files on the filesyst
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
On 2011-05-08 Alexandre Hoïde <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: findutils
> Version: 4.4.2-1+b1
> Severity: important
> Tags: sid
> Hello, i have the following problem with find:
> ________________________________________________________________________
> $ tree -F --noreport
> ..
> ├── test/
> └── TEST01
> $ find . -regex ".*TEST01" -execdir mv '{}' test \;
> $ tree -F --noreport
> ..
> └── test/
> └── test
> ________________________________________________________________________
> The expected result would be:
> └── test/
> └── TEST01
> I am not 100% sure this qualify as a bug, nevertheless:
[...]
Hello,
What happens is this, which matches documented behavior.
1. mv ./TEST01 test
2. find continues its search. The (newly moved) TEST01 directory matches
the regex.
3. The execdir command is evalutated. find changes to the test directory
and runs mv ./TEST01 test.
Using -depth will get the expected behavior.
cu andreas
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