Re: find utility gives segmentation fault
That's right, the GNU version of find will default to the current directory if
none is specified. Have you tried a different kernel?
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 02:40:26PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 12:22:37AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > On Friday 28 June 2002 00:06, Larry Smith wrote:
> > > I've been having trouble with the find utility in
> > > Potato.
> > >
> > > Often, if I run find as root (so I can have permission
> > > to look in all directories), it will run awhile, then
> > > die with a segmentation fault.
> > >
> > > When this happens, I'm unable to do a normal shutdown,
> > > the system hangs during shutdown.
> > >
> > > I use the command:
> > >
> > > find -name filename
> >
> > You need to specify a directory to start the search in.
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > find / -name filename
>
> Uh, no. If you don't give a directory, then find defaults to using the
> current directory(as per the manpage). I don't think that's the problem
> in this case.
>
> - Chris
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: