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Re: keep find from trying to spider directories where it has no permissi
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Eric Blake |
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Re: keep find from trying to spider directories where it has no permission |
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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:25:06 -0600 |
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According to address@hidden on 9/19/2009 10:16 AM:
> So it's a general
> find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-D debugopts] [-Olevel] [path...] [expression]
> case, but with an added feature,
> -ignore-unreadable-directories
Find can already do that without the need for an additional option. You
just have to specify the right predicates.
Untested, but:
- -type d \! -readable -prune
seems like it should do the trick of telling find to not descend into
unreadable directories.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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