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Re: Symlink'ed current directory and FIND

On Wednesday 15 Nov 00, Christopher Faylor writes:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 07:28:28AM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >Since the directory is a symbolic link then the leaf (i.e.: the '.' directory)
> >is a symbolic link.  Therefore find doesn't dereference it and reports nothing
> >unless you tell it to -follow the symbolic link.
> 
> This is probably different than most, if not all, UNIXes.

There is already a 'find' entry in the FAQ, I'll add something about
this.

Cheers,
David


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