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Re: Symlink'ed current directory and FIND
- To: Paul Stodghill <stodghil at cs dot cornell dot edu>, "Cygwin Mailing List \(E-mail\)" <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Symlink'ed current directory and FIND
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 06:35:15 -0800 (PST)
--- Paul Stodghill <stodghil@cs.cornell.edu> wrote:
> Why doesn't FIND find files in the current directory when the current
> directory is accessed via a symlink?
>
Find doesn't dereference symbolic links unless you tell it to. The command
find -follow -type f
would display the files you want displayed.
Cheers,
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mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
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