URL:
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Summary: [wishlist] -prune a subdir(tree) when a file therein
matches criteria
Project: findutils
Submitted by: bern
Submitted on: Mon 16 Jan 2017 03:18:40 PM CET
Category: find
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
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Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: 4.4.2
Fixed Release: None
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Details:
Today, I needed to find the subdirs in a large-ish tree where the application
had recently created/updated certain files. So, upon finding such a file, I
would have liked to -prune the directory (and its subdirectories) its entry is
in.
Unfortunately, -prune works only if find is actually looking at the directory
itself; it does not have any defined effect if the "file currently examinated"
is in fact a file.
Would it be possible to implement "-prune $THIS" to, in pseudocode, have the
effect of "-type d -prune $THIS -o -prune `dirname $THIS`"?
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