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Subject: Re: find -lname and -ilname implemented
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Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> writes:
> What functionality does
>
>     find path -lname name
>
> add that isn't already available from
>
>     find path -name name -type l

those are two entirely different things; -lname applies to the target of
the symlink, not the symlink itself.

DES
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