Here is another transcript, which, hopefully, is more clear than the earlier one: --------------------------------------------------- OpenBSD_45$ pwd /mnt/m0/Program Files/Norton Internet Security OpenBSD_45$ ls Branding Engine MUI isolate.ini OpenBSD_45$ find . -name "*.dat" OpenBSD_45$ cd MUI/ OpenBSD_45$ pwd /mnt/m0/Program Files/Norton Internet Security/MUI OpenBSD_45$ find . -name "*.dat" ./fallback.dat ./maplngid.dat OpenBSD_45$ cd ../ OpenBSD_45$ pwd /mnt/m0/Program Files/Norton Internet Security OpenBSD_45$ find . -name "*.dat" ./Branding/fallback.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/ccGEvt/Global/LM.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/ccGLog/ccGLog.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/hnData.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/Jobs/ccJobManagerSchedules.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/NCOVER.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/ncwTrstP.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/NisVer.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/NPCTray.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/nppw.dat ./Engine/16.2.0.7/service.dat ./MUI/fallback.dat ./MUI/maplngid.dat OpenBSD_45$ pwd /mnt/m0/Program Files/Norton Internet Security OpenBSD_45$ find . -name "*.dat" OpenBSD_45$ pwd /mnt/m0/Program Files/Norton Internet Security OpenBSD_45$ find . -name "*.dat" OpenBSD_45$ mount /dev/sd0a on / type ffs (local) /dev/sd0h on /home type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid) /dev/sd0d on /tmp type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid) /dev/sd0g on /usr type ffs (local, nodev, softdep) /dev/sd0e on /var type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid) procfs on /proc type procfs (local, linux) /dev/sd0i on /mnt/m0 type ntfs (local) OpenBSD_45$ ---------------------------------------------------
At various times, find fails to find files ending in .dat under the "Norton Internet Security" directory. -Amarendra On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:16 PM, ropers <rop...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/3/24 Amarendra Godbole <amarendra.godb...@gmail.com>: >> I saw "find" behaving inconsistently while finding files on an ntfs >> partition. It was unable to find files ending in .dat, but then later >> on it did find those. > >> OpenBSD_45$ pwd >> /mnt/m0/Program Files/Norton Internet Security >> OpenBSD_45$ find . -name "*.dat" >> ./Branding/fallback.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/ccGEvt/Global/LM.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/ccGLog/ccGLog.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/hnData.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/Jobs/ccJobManagerSchedules.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/NCOVER.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/ncwTrstP.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/NisVer.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/NPCTray.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/nppw.dat >> ./Engine/16.2.0.7/service.dat >> ./MUI/fallback.dat >> ./MUI/maplngid.dat >> OpenBSD_45$ find . -name "*.dat" >> >> At this point, find returns no results, even though the files exist. > > You must have left something out in this transcript. Both of these > above find commands are exactly identical, and executed from the same > folder, yet you claim they delivered different results. > > regards, > --ropers
