>>>>> Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Version: 4.4.0-
>> 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.
ACK, thanks.
Could the fix be considered for backporting to etch?
>> $
>> 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.
Yes, and after that warning I've assumed that `-name \*/\*' will
always be false. Surprisingly, it won't.
> If you want to find *directories named "tmp" in /tmp simply use "find
> /tmp -name tmp -type d -print".
Actually, I wanted to find files and directories, whose names
contain contain characters not in the specified set, e. g.:
$ find directory/ -name '*[^a-z]*'
And I was quite surprised that this command line /shows/
`directory' itself (which, of course, /doesn't/ contain any
characters out of the `a-z' set.)
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