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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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