Obvious 'Doh!'? find vs. diff....

[Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

From: "Joshua Oreman" <oremanj at www.get-linux.org>
To: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk at daleco.biz>
Cc: <questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Obvious 'Doh!'? find vs. diff....


> Easy on the send button!

Hmm, unique situation with my SMTP, didn't
*say* it had left... AAMOF, it was still in the
'inbox'.... really do need to rid myself of this
borken M$ mailer....
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 09:03:41PM -0500 or thereabouts, Kevin
Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
> > <admin at ezra> [/usr/src] [19:57]
> > #find /  -name "GENERIC" -print
> > /usr/src/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC
> > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
> > /usr/src/sys/i386/GENERIC
> > /usr/src/sys/pc98/conf/GENERIC
> > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> >
> > <admin at ezra> [/usr/src] [19:57]
> > #diff /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/i386/GENERIC
> > diff: /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC/GENERIC: No such file or
directory
>
> /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC is probably a directory.
> The `find' command you want is:
> #find /usr/src /usr/obj -name GENERIC -type f -print
>
> `-type f' restricts it to files.
>
> -- Josh

/me slaps forehead!

Thx, KDK