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Subject: Re: find -lname and -ilname implemented
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

>On 2008-02-23 16:48, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>This knee-jerk reaction against gnu find functionality baffles me.
>>The changes are trivial and make FreeBSD more compatible.  It is such
>>an obvious no-brainer that I frankly didn't expect anybody to bat an
>>eye.
>>    
>>
>
>So should I expect similar knee-jerk reactions to the just committed
>`finger compatibility' option to implement du -l for hardlinks?
>  
>
FWIW, a vote in favour of compatibility shims.

It's just a shame that this won't cut both ways - it would be nice, for 
example,  if Linux find would implement proper units to -atime etc.  The 
FreeBSD syntax of -atime +12h is so much nicer than -amin +720.  Ah 
well, can but dream...

--Alex