Symlink'ed current directory and FIND

[Earnie Boyd]

--- "Lassi A. Tuura" <lassi.tuura@cern.ch> wrote:
> > Find doesn't dereference symbolic links unless you tell it to.
> 
> Yes, but surely it should follow the links to the *current* directory? 

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.

Cheers,

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Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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