Jameson Williams wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Randal L. Schwartz > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Andrew> find . -empty -maxdepth 1 -exec rm {} \; >> >> Beware. -empty is a stupid GNUism because the GNU people were >> too lazy to type "-size 0". >> >> The *real* find is documented in: >> >> http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/find.html >> >> "GNU - because, hey, WHO THE F CARES about portability..." >> >> > > Well, GNU find retains -size, afterall. I think it's more fair to call GNU > "reverse compatible" with UNIX. GNU is Not UNIX, though, lest one forget -- > the project was kind to be rather explicit of that. These days I'd prefer to > blame UNIX for being old fashioned in these respects -- it's they who are > getting off-lined, not the Gnu kid. > > Cheers, > Jameson > Fisticuffs should be unnecessary here - there is no *NIX that is UNIX! That has been a proud mantra for decades, and certainly has been proved by the various commercial versions out there. Regards Fred James
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