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Subject: Re: find -inum option undocumented
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Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 14:58:55 EDT
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> This is true.  However, the BUGS section should mention that, for almost
> all applications, ncheck(1m) is a much better way to locate a file based
> on its i-node number.

Only if you have read permission on the partition containing the file system
you're searching - which normal users will not have if the system
administrator is sane.  In most cases, it is the administrator who's
searching for that file, so this is not a problem.  (Then again, I can't
remember the last time I searched for a file by i-number anyway.)
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	Guy Harris
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