On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 06:45:53PM -0600, Bryan Andersen wrote: > > > on a simple 'find /var -name sendmail* -print' command, the find-process > > > eats all my memory (128 Meg RAM) > > > when there is no memory left, the process gets killed.
Some information about the output (or lack thereof) might be usefuli. (In a bug report to findutils, of course.) > > > I work with debian woody with recent update, reiserfs, 128 meg RAM & 256 > > > meg SWAP on my P3 733 system. > > Check the file system for symbolic link loops. By default, find doesn't follow links. When forced to (-follow), it keeps track of inodes and doesn't enter the same directory twice. -- Glenn Maynard
