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bug #14445: incorrect search depending on location in filesystem.

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Tue 06 Sep 2005 11:48:21 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  find Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Invalid
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  jay
Originator Name:  celf Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  4.2.20
Fixed Release:  None
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Tue 06 Sep 2005 02:52:02 PM UTC, comment #1: 

It's not a bug.  You've just misunderstood what's happening.  As the documentation for find states, you need to protect wildcards from expandion by the Unix shell.  Add an "echo" to the front of the commands you use to understand more fully what is happening.  See also the explanation at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#expr-2-_002a-3-does-not-work

James Youngman <jay>
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Tue 06 Sep 2005 11:48:21 AM UTC, original submission:  

incorrect search:
    - not all files can be found;
    - depending on location in filesystem.

test case:
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1.
I have next directory structure:
--snip
[celf@asudakov scripts]$ ls -R /home/celf/scripts
/home/celf/scripts:
ba  cc

/home/celf/scripts/ba:
hspc-import-ba.pl  qtest.xml

/home/celf/scripts/cc:
hspc-import-cc.pl  issue  qtest.xml  test1.xml  test2.xml  test.xml  wtest.xml
--snap

2.
when "I'm standing" in /home/celf directory I have:
--snip
[celf@asudakov ~]$ pwd
/home/celf
[celf@asudakov ~]$ find /home/celf/scripts/ -name import
/home/celf/scripts/ba/hspc-import-ba.pl
/home/celf/scripts/cc/hspc-import-cc.pl
--snap

3. when "I'm standing" in /home/celf directory I have:
--snip
[celf@asudakov cc]$ pwd
/home/celf/scripts/cc
[celf@asudakov cc]$ find /home/celf/scripts/ -name import
/home/celf/scripts/cc/hspc-import-cc.pl
--snap

4.
in short second file wasn't found.
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Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
2005-09-06 jay StatusNone Invalid
    Assigned toNone jay
    Open/ClosedOpen Closed
2005-09-06 None Carbon-Copy- Added asudakov --AT-- sw-soft --DOT-- com

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