Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 17:51:33 -0500 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find, -delete, and relative paths Message-ID: <20001120175133.T11172@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <20001120144853.E18037@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 02:48:53PM -0800 References: <20001120161557.R11172@numachi.com> <20001120144853.E18037@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 02:48:53PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> [001120 13:16] wrote: > > I didn't find anything after an admittedly quick look intp PRs and the mail > > list archives: > > > > Under FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE, we are running a simple log file scrubber: > > > > 15 3 * * * find /usr/local/logs/lsp \! -ctime 1 -delete > > > > I pointedly am using an absolute path, yes I get this warning repeatedly: > > > > find: -delete: /usr/local/logs/lsp: relative path potentially not safe > > > > How can I suppress this warning? Is it a bug in find, or did I > > misunderstand the manpage? > > Blind guess, is /usr/local/logs/lsp a symlink to someplace or is any > part of the path a symlink that contains some form of /../ ? Nope, no symlinks at all. Nice try, though. :) > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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