in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Loren M. Lang thusly... > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 12:14:04PM +0100, Ramiro Aceves wrote: > > > > I am running a FreeBSD 5.3 system with 64MB RAM and 150 MB swap. > > > > Yesterday I entered the command: > > > > # grep -R something / > > You probably hit a file under /dev/ and caused grep to hang. It's > possible that as root, certain device files might hang the system, > but nothing comes to mind at the moment unless /dev/io could do > it. Also, think about what happens when grep hit's /dev/zero. It > will never finish.
Would using -I option (not search text-like files) help to avoid above described hang ups in /dev? - Parv -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
