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Date:      Sat, 12 Oct 1996 17:28:40 +0000 ()
From:      hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net>
To:        freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   find
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.961012165945.3430A-100000@hmmm>

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can anyone explain the difference between the 2 searches ?
many times it appears things act strangely different in different
directories for no apparent reason.


#1..........................

cd usr/local/man/man1
find / -name ispell*

/usr/local/man/man1/ispell.1
............................


#2..........................
cd usr/local/man
find / -name ispell*

/dos/bsd/packages/all/ispell-3.1.2
/usr/local/bin/ispell
/usr/local/man/man1/ispell.1
/usr/local/man/cat1/ispell.1.gz
/usr/local/man/man4/ispell.4
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.el
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.elc
/usr/packages/All/ispell-3.1.20.tgz
/var/db/pkg/ispell-3.1.20
............................


i've double-checked all my ownerships and permissions with other PCs - but
this was all done as -root- anyway ...




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