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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:19:33 +0300
From: Egor Duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To: Paul Stodghill <stodghil AT cs DOT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Symlink'ed current directory and FIND
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Hi!

Wednesday, 15 November, 2000 Paul Stodghill stodghil AT cs DOT cornell DOT edu wrote:

it's  a  feature  :)  i  don't  know  if  any standard says that linux
behavior   is  correct  while  cygwin  isn't. it is possible (and imho
desirable  too)  to  make  cygwin work like linux in this case, but it
requires  some  changes  in cygwin's path handling, and should be done
with appropriate care.

PS> Why doesn't FIND find files in the current directory when the current
PS> directory is accessed via a symlink?

PS> milhouse$ hash -r
PS> milhouse$ vdir -d a b
PS> drwxr-xr-x   2 stodghil None            0 Nov 15 09:03 a
PS> lrwxrwxrwx   1 stodghil None           12 Nov 15 09:02 b -> a
PS> milhouse$ cd a
PS> milhouse$ find -type f
PS> ./f1
PS> ./f2
PS> ./f3
PS> milhouse$ cd ../b
PS> milhouse$ find -type f
PS> milhouse$ ls
PS> f1  f2  f3
PS> milhouse$ type -p find
PS> /usr/bin/find

it's  a  feature  :)  i  don't  know  if  any standard says that linux
behavior   is  correct  while  cygwin  isn't. it is possible (and imho
desirable  too)  to  make  cygwin work like linux in this case, but it
requires  some  changes  in cygwin's path handling, and should be done
with appropriate care.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19



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