Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:59:54 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Jay Hall <jhall@socket.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find command question Message-ID: <20090409175954.GC90152@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <18E2669B-9EC4-4F63-8B1C-E7D81EBDD607@socket.net> References: <18E2669B-9EC4-4F63-8B1C-E7D81EBDD607@socket.net>
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In the last episode (Apr 09), Jay Hall said:
> When using the find command with the -exec option, does the find command
> wait for the command being executed to finish before returning the next
> result?
>
> For example, if I am using find -exec {} to copy files to tape, will find
> wait for the command to write the file to tape complete before it returns
> the next result?
Since the find manpage says:
-exec utility [argument ...] ;
True if the program named utility returns a zero value as its
exit status. ...
It has to wait for completion to see the exit status.
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Dan Nelson
dnelson@allantgroup.com
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