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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:07:58 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Claus Guttesen <cguttesen@yahoo.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: find utility behaves different in 5.2 and 5.3
Message-ID:  <20041104160758.GB50085@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041104155104.29925.qmail@web14127.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20041104155104.29925.qmail@web14127.mail.yahoo.com>

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In the last episode (Nov 04), Claus Guttesen said:
> On 5.3 I can execute the following line in zsh:
> 
> odin~%>find . -type d \! -name autoedit -depth 1
> ./172
> 
> On a 5.2 I get:
> 
> cyclop~%>find . -type d \! -name autoedit -depth 1
> find: 1: unknown option
> 
> According to 'man 1 find' (examples) I should be able
> to use \! -name on 5.2.

And you can.  5.2 is complaining about the "1".  The "-depth n" syntax
was added between 5.2 and 5.3, so that's why it fails on 5.2.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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