Date: 22 Nov 2000 06:34:40 +0100 From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@cybercable.fr> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find, -delete, and relative paths Message-ID: <hf50a7tb.fsf@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: "Daniel O'Connor"'s message of "Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:08:56 %2B1030 (CST)" References: <XFMail.001121120856.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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"Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes: > On 20-Nov-00 Brian Reichert 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? > > I don't know why, but I think find prints those messages when you attempt to delete > a directory. > > If you do -> > 15 3 * * * find /usr/local/logs/lsp -type f -a \! -ctime 1 -delete > > it should work.. 15 3 * * * find /usr/local/logs/lsp -depth \! -ctime 1 -delete could be better, deletes file entries before directory ones. PS : -a is not necessary, it's always implied except if -o of course. Cyrille. -- home: mailto:clefevre@citeweb.net work: mailto:Cyrille.Lefevre@edf.fr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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