Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 16:47:03 +0000 From: Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org> To: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Exit if working directory is not accessible: a find(1) bug or feature? Message-ID: <20060205164703.GA50353@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <84dead720602050219g3f8a55f4i974ffc53e991dc83@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060205094359.GA16091@hub.freebsd.org> <84dead720602050219g3f8a55f4i974ffc53e991dc83@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 03:49:58PM +0530, Joseph Koshy wrote: > > find: .: Permission Denied > ... > > So, should we consider this as a feature (add some comments > > in the BUGS section), or it's a bug that should be fixed? > > What would you expect would be a more reasonable behaviour > for this case? I think that, if no -exec is specified, then usage of find(1) should be permitted, as the manpage did not said that it would not work; or, we should document this behavior, because it is somewhat "unexpected" especially for newbies who manage to write up a script. Cheers,
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