Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 18:17:53 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find case-insensitive challenge Message-ID: <20020927161753.GL30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <200209271610.g8RGA4Oi044131@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20020927153715.GG30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <200209271610.g8RGA4Oi044131@lurza.secnetix.de>
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# olli@secnetix.de / 2002-09-27 18:10:04 +0200:
> Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> wrote:
> > # olli@secnetix.de / 2002-09-27 17:15:00 +0200:
> > > That wouldn't make it any more portable. Bugging the Open Group
> > > _might_ be more useful.
> >
> > right.
> >
> > > But then again, it's against the UNIX philosophy. In UNIX,
> > > you've got a tool for every job, and the power of the system
> > > comes from combining those tools. There is no need to duplicate
> > > functionality in multiple tools.
> >
> > according to this logic find(1) shouldn't have any primaries at all.
> >
>
> Right. :-)
>
> Well, almost. Those primaries which operate on the properties of the
> inodes are required (-perm, -mtime etc.).
not really: ls(1).
> Also, some primaries are really required for efficiency, e.g. -prune.
> But -iname is really just unnecessary bloat, IMO.
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