Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!eeocdt!darrell From: darrell@eeocdt.UUCP (Darrell Tschakert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: find giving bad status? Summary: Needs more info. Message-ID: <188@eeocdt.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 91 21:48:09 GMT References: <2029@tssi.UUCP> Reply-To: darrell@eeocdt.UUCP (DArrell Tschakert) Distribution: usa Organization: Equal Emplyment Opportunity Comm, Washinton D.C. Lines: 17 In article <2029@tssi.UUCP> tssi!nolan writes: >For the past few months, whenever I do a 'find', I get a whole bunch of >lines like the following: > Please give us a bit more information. How were you using the find command? What options? What directory were you sitting in. Do the following examples give you errors: find / -print find . -print find / -name prof -print Are their any examples of find usage that never cause errors messages to be generated? Are their any examples that always cause problems? Good luck. Darrell uunet!eeocdt!darrell