Re: find not finding file.
John Webster wrote: Can anyone explain this: # find /etc/ -name 'named.conf' # ls -l /etc/namedb/named.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3715 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/named.conf /etc/namedb is a link to another directory, don't use the trailing / in the ls -ld. So, in this case, you need to add -follow to find. there is nothing odd about the directories: # ls -dl /etc/namedb/ /etc/ppp/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 8 17:36 /etc/ppp/ All well & good; we'll assume the OP missed the fact that this is a symlink. What seems interesting to me, though (and it's probably just the fact that I'm a relative *Nix newb), why this? [402] Thu 27.Apr.2006 15:03:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] # ls -dl /etc/namedb/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Apr 26 2005 /etc/namedb// [403] Thu 27.Apr.2006 15:03:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] # ls -dl /etc/namedb lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21 Jan 17 2005 /etc/namedb@ -> /var/named/etc/namedb Certainly doesn't *seem* to be mentioned in ls(1). KDK PS. Heh, apparently it was me | \ / -- V If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: find not finding file.
--On Thursday, April 27, 2006 18:43:01 +0100 RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone explain this: > ># find /etc/ -name 'named.conf' ># ls -l /etc/namedb/named.conf >-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3715 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/named.conf > /etc/namedb is a link to another directory, don't use the trailing / in the ls -ld. So, in this case, you need to add -follow to find. # ls -ld /etc/namedb lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21 Apr 27 08:48 /etc/namedb@ -> /var/named/etc/namedb # find /etc/ -follow -name 'named.conf' /etc/namedb/named.conf > named.conf is not found, but as a sanity check a similar search for ppp.conf > succeeds > ># find /etc/ -name 'ppp.conf' >/etc/ppp/ppp.conf > > there is nothing odd about the directories: > ># ls -dl /etc/namedb/ /etc/ppp/ >drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/ >drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 8 17:36 /etc/ppp/ > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > pgpyoHBgoqLzT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: find not finding file.
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, RW wrote: Can anyone explain this: # find /etc/ -name 'named.conf' # ls -l /etc/namedb/named.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3715 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/named.conf named.conf is not found, but as a sanity check a similar search for ppp.conf succeeds # find /etc/ -name 'ppp.conf' /etc/ppp/ppp.conf there is nothing odd about the directories: # ls -dl /etc/namedb/ /etc/ppp/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 8 17:36 /etc/ppp/ Try this: $ ls -l /etc |grep namedb lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21 Dec 31 18:56 namedb -> /var/named/etc/namedb namedb is actually a link, and find isn't following it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
find not finding file.
Can anyone explain this: # find /etc/ -name 'named.conf' # ls -l /etc/namedb/named.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3715 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/named.conf named.conf is not found, but as a sanity check a similar search for ppp.conf succeeds # find /etc/ -name 'ppp.conf' /etc/ppp/ppp.conf there is nothing odd about the directories: # ls -dl /etc/namedb/ /etc/ppp/ drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 8 17:36 /etc/ppp/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
