Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

["Eloy A. Paris" <eparis@ven.ra.rockwell.com>]

Hi Martin,

> How about using find and generate a list of ALL files, then "grep 
> `indivual_lines_from_your_list` list_of_ALL_files" and checking grep's
> return value?

Well, what I am doing right now is generating a list of the files that
are present (using find and redirecting its output to a file). Later,
I search this file for files not in my original list, so I know which
files are missing. I am using Perl to do this.

Regards,

E.-

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Eloy A. Paris
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Rockwell Automation de Venezuela
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