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bug in find?


From: Jan Meyer
Subject: bug in find?
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:57:24 -0200

*find* is a Very mature utility, so finding a bug is VERY unlikely, then
again, I can't explain this behaviour:

address@hidden ~/Desktop*
*/xxx $ find /media/jm/Windows -name *.zip*/media/jm/Windows/Program
Files/Arduino/drivers/Old_Arduino_Drivers.zip
/media/jm/Windows/Program Files/Arduino/java/lib/deploy/ffjcext.zip
/media/jm/Windows/ProgramData/AVAST Software/Avast/RemoteCache/jm.zip
address@hidden ~/Desktop*
*/xxx $ find /media/jm/Windows -name *.rar*find: paths must precede
expression: logport.rar
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D
help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression]
address@hidden ~/Desktop/xxx $ cd ..*

address@hidden ~/Desktop $ find /media/jm/Windows -name address@hidden ~/Desktop
$*

What happens here is that *xxx* holds a file named *logport.rar*, and the
folder above it doesn't. Somehow that affects the output of find. I find
that rather baffling :)

If I stay in *xxx* but delete logport.rar the command works as expected.

Do I get a prize? Or a reprimand? :)

Cheers.


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