on 13/11/2008 16:17 Eugene Grosbein said the following: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 03:38:51PM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote: > >> Am I stupid or is our 'find' is seriously broken in one subtle feature? >> >> $ find -L . -type l >> find all broken symlinks (target doesn't exists) >> >> $ find -L . -type l -delete >> removes all symlinks!!! > > Yes. > >> FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE amd64 > > This is pretty old and known problem: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/90687
Wow, that's pretty tough. I always relied on the following 3 step procedure: 1. find ... -print 2. verify output 3. find ... -delete [Profit!] But now I will have to re-tune myself to xargs. -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
