Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:52:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Sean Bennett <sean@pasebo.nnet.ne.jp> Cc: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What happened to my 'find' command?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808240951160.4111-100000@zone.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <35E13D49.3B9F3FCA@mail.nnet.ne.jp>
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If you're running as root, and this is happening, you have two choices to help you find out what's going on: 1. ktrace 2. truss Go on, do one and comb through the output. Cheers, Brian Feldman On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Sean Bennett wrote: > [running FreeBSD 2.2.6] > > Hi all; > > last week my 'find' command suddenly went on the fritz; > > find / -name <file> -print > > used to work fine, searching my whole disk for the file in > question. Now however, it immediately prints out a list of 50-60 > lines like the following, yet can't find which I know does exist. > > sean# find / -name httpd -print > *returns* > find: /usr/include/isofs: No such file or directory > find: /usr/include/machine: No such file or directory > find: /usr/include/msdosfs: No such file or directory > find: /usr/include/net: No such file or directory > find: /usr/include/netatalk: No such file or directory > ... > > -OR- > > sean# find . -name httpd -print > *returns* > find: ./usr/include/isofs: No such file or directory > find: ./usr/include/machine: No such file or directory > find: ./usr/include/msdosfs: No such file or directory > find: ./usr/include/net: No such file or directory > find: ./usr/include/netatalk: No such file or directory > .... > > The directories, such as "/usr/include/isofs" do infact exist. > > Any ideas as to what's wrong, or what changed; these commands > worked in the past. I even ftp'd a new 'find' command from a > working server, but get the same results. > > > > TIA > > Sean > sean@mail.nnet.ne.jp > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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