Re: [patch] find/pred.c: basename versus base_name.

[Bas van Gompel]

Op Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:38:58 +0300 schreef Dmitry V. Levin
in <address@hidden>:
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:  On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 08:12:07PM +0100, Bas van Gompel wrote:
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: > testcase:
: > cd /tmp
: > find  /usr/bin -mindepth 0 -maxdepth 0 -type d \
: > -exec pwd \; \
: > -exec echo {} \; \
: > -execdir pwd \; \
: > -execdir echo {} \; \
: > -execdir ls -ld {} \;

[current output, with (AIUI) wrong pwd in -execdir output]

: > I was, on reading (the security section of) the info page, expecting:
: > /tmp
: > /usr/bin
: > /usr
: > ./bin
: > <listing of ./bin, starting from /usr>

:  I expect (and my change makes) following behavior:
:  /tmp
:  /usr/bin
:  /tmp
:  /usr/bin
:  <listing of /usr/bin directory without its contents>

So, your change makes -execdir behave identical to -exec?
If that is the case, it is wrong. See:
$ info '(find)Security Considerations for find'
(especially the last paragraph of section 8.2.2.)

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L8r,

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