Symlink'ed current directory and FIND

Earnie Boyd earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Wed Nov 15 06:35:00 GMT 2000


--- Paul  Stodghill <stodghil@cs.cornell.edu> wrote:
> Why doesn't FIND find files in the current directory when the current
> directory is accessed via a symlink?
> 

Find doesn't dereference symbolic links unless you tell it to.  The command
  find -follow -type f
would display the files you want displayed.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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