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From: phils@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Philip E Staub)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Find crashes machine
Message-ID: <5376@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 23 Jul 89 06:10:12 GMT
References: <340@arnor.UUCP>
Reply-To: phils@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Philip E Staub)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Vancouver,  WA.
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In article <340@arnor.UUCP> kevin@arnor.UUCP (Kevin Goroway) writes:
>Has anyone had any problems with find (the one that just came over the net)
>crashing their machine right before it exits?
>It finds the files, but then invites the guru for tea and crackers, which of
>course he can't refuse.
>anyone?

Just a suggestion, since I haven't tried the latest 'find':

Make sure your stack is set *large*. Programs of this sort are usually
recursive, and can chew up stack space as quickly as you are willing
to dole it out.

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-Phil
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Phil Staub, phils@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM
Definition: BUG: A feature (present or absent) which is (at best) inconvenient.