Hi!
Wednesday, 15 November, 2000 Paul Stodghill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it's a feature :) i don't know if any standard says that linux
behavior is correct while cygwin isn't. it is possible (and imho
desirable too) to make cygwin work like linux in this case, but it
requires some changes in cygwin's path handling, and should be done
with appropriate care.
PS> Why doesn't FIND find files in the current directory when the current
PS> directory is accessed via a symlink?
PS> milhouse$ hash -r
PS> milhouse$ vdir -d a b
PS> drwxr-xr-x 2 stodghil None 0 Nov 15 09:03 a
PS> lrwxrwxrwx 1 stodghil None 12 Nov 15 09:02 b -> a
PS> milhouse$ cd a
PS> milhouse$ find -type f
PS> ./f1
PS> ./f2
PS> ./f3
PS> milhouse$ cd ../b
PS> milhouse$ find -type f
PS> milhouse$ ls
PS> f1 f2 f3
PS> milhouse$ type -p find
PS> /usr/bin/find
it's a feature :) i don't know if any standard says that linux
behavior is correct while cygwin isn't. it is possible (and imho
desirable too) to make cygwin work like linux in this case, but it
requires some changes in cygwin's path handling, and should be done
with appropriate care.
Egor. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19
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