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From: pwolfe@kailand.kai.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: problem with find and NFS
Message-ID: <2400047@kailand>
Date: 18 May 89 01:13:00 GMT
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> /* Written by pwolfe@kailand.kai.com in kailand:comp.sys.sequent */
> /* ---------- "problem with find and NFS" ---------- */
> The command:
>	find / -type f \( -fstype nfs -prune \) \
>		-o \( -name '#*' -o -name 'core' \) \
>		-atime +3 -exec ls -aFgl {} \; -exec rm -f {} \;

Thanks to everyone who responded.  I know now that my the problem was caused by
my testing for "-type f" before pruning NFS file systems.  The following works:

	find / -fstype nfs -prune -o -type f -atime +3 \( -name '#*' \
	-o -name 'core' \) -exec ls -aFgl {} \; -exec rm -f {} \;

Patrick Wolfe	(pat@kai.com, {uunet,uiucuxc,sequent}!kailand!pat)
System Manager, Kuck and Associates, Inc.