Re: Find Warning..

[akonstam trinity edu]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 05:36:21PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:41:06PM -0500, akonstam trinity edu wrote:
> > Running find on /proc is bound to cause problems. /proc is not a real
> > filesystem it is simulated filesystem created by the kernel to hold
> > various characteristics of your system. You can cat /proc/cpuinfo
> > but you can't : vi cpuinfo 
> > for example.
> 
> Have you tried it? 'Cause I can.
> 
> 
Ok, I never tried vi on a proc file and it works. And find even works.
Well that is amazing since I thought it would not. My bad.
Which leaves us with the original question which I can't answer now.
Too many assumptions sink the boat. I am into mixed metaphors today,
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