Re: bug report: GNU find version 4.1

[Tim Mooney]

In article <address@hidden>,
paul f almquist <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>     bash$ cd /tmp 
>     bash$ mkdir some_directory
>     bash$ find . -name some_directory -exec /bin/rm -r {} \;
>     find: ./some_directory: No such file or directory 

Try using `-depth' with the rest of your command.  The problem is that
find is noting that there is a directory named 'some_directory', removing
it, and *then* trying to dive into it and continue find'ing.  That's
where the error is coming from -- it cant cd into the directory it just
removed.  You need to make it do a depth-first search, which is what
`-depth' is all about.

Tim
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