Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:14:45 -0400 From: Josh Carroll <josh.carroll@gmail.com> To: Jay Hall <jhall@socket.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find command question Message-ID: <8cb6106e0904091114y73189738g3eea1d562bf3188@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <18E2669B-9EC4-4F63-8B1C-E7D81EBDD607@socket.net> References: <18E2669B-9EC4-4F63-8B1C-E7D81EBDD607@socket.net>
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On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Jay Hall <jhall@socket.net> wrote:
> 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?
It has to wait. It's easily verified by creating a simple script:
#!/bin/sh
echo "My args were: $*"
sleep 1
Then:
find /some/path -exec /path/to/f.sh {} \;
You'll see:
My args were: /some/path/a
(1 second delay)
My args were: /some/path/b
(1 second delay)
...
Regards,
Josh
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