Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <706871B20764CD449DB0E8E3D81C4D43CE8D18@opus.cs.cornell.edu> From: Paul Stodghill To: "'Earnie Boyd'" , "Cygwin Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Symlink'ed current directory and FIND Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:51:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain > Find doesn't dereference symbolic links unless you tell it > to. The command > find -follow -type f > would display the files you want displayed. The way that Cygwin handles CWD=='.' when '.' is a symlink seems to be different from Solaris, Linux and IRIS. I tried both NFS and local disks. ringding% uname -a SunOS ringding 5.6 Generic_105181-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4 ringding% find --version GNU find version 4.1 ringding% ls -ld a b drwxr-sr-x 2 stodghil stodghil 512 Nov 15 09:19 a lrwxrwxrwx 1 stodghil stodghil 1 Nov 15 09:19 b -> a ringding% cd a ringding% find -type f ./f1 ./f2 ./f3 ringding% cd ../b ringding% find -type f ./f1 ./f2 ./f3 ringding% itchy% uname -a Linux itchy.cs.cornell.edu 2.2.12-20smp #1 SMP Mon Sep 27 10:34:45 EDT 1999 i686 unknown itchy% find --version GNU find version 4.1 itchy% ls -ld a b drwxr-sr-x 2 stodghil stodghil 512 Nov 15 09:19 a lrwxrwxrwx 1 stodghil stodghil 1 Nov 15 09:19 b -> a itchy% cd a itchy% find -type f ./f1 ./f2 ./f3 itchy% cd ../b itchy% find -type f ./f1 ./f2 ./f3 itchy% unfolding% uname -a IRIX64 unfolding 6.5 04151556 IP30 unfolding% find --version GNU find version 4.1 unfolding% ls -ld a b drwxr-xr-x 2 stodghil 8274 2048 Nov 15 09:39 a lrwxr-xr-x 1 stodghil 6007 1 Nov 15 09:39 b -> a unfolding% cd a unfolding% find -type f ./f1 ./f2 ./f3 unfolding% cd ../b unfolding% find -type f ./f1 ./f2 ./f3 unfolding% -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com