Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:06:16 +0000 From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finding a file with wrong permissions Message-ID: <200603081806.16199.dgw@liwest.at> In-Reply-To: <200603081104.40434.josh@tcbug.org> References: <200603081058.10027.josh@tcbug.org> <200603081759.45078.dgw@liwest.at> <200603081104.40434.josh@tcbug.org>
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On Wednesday 08 March 2006 17:04, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Wednesday 08 March 2006 11:59, Daniela wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 March 2006 16:58, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > I managed to install a pkg that I created and somehow the file > > > +COMMENT wasn't created in /var/db/pkg/portname. I touched > > > +COMMENT in the correct directory because pkg_info was > > > complaining about a missing +COMMENT. Some time has gone by and > > > I have forgotten which port it is. Now pkg_info complains: > > > > > > pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading > > > > > > I'm looking for a way to locate this file. > > > > > > #find /var/db/pkg -perm 644 -name +COMMENT | wc -l > > > 378 > > > > > > #pkg_info | wc -l > > > pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading > > > 379 > > > > > > I've looked through the manpage for find and can't find a 'not' > > > modifier. Is there an easy way to find a file that doesn't have > > > a specific permission. ie something like: > > > > > > #find /var/db/pkg -perm !644 -name +COMMENT > > > > Or you could look for a file with zero size. > > Forgot to mention that I tried that. I may have put something in the > file....damn my memory. :( What is (or was) your file creation mask (umask) set to? -- Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torments of man.
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