On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 10:02 +0200, Razvan RACASANU wrote: > On Dec 10, 2007 11:52 PM, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > No. Remember, -print0 prints immediately, so the only test that was > > applied before the print was "-type f" in the first one. In the second > > one, you did the "-iname" tests. Since they fail on the "a.css" file, > > the -print0 wasn't invoked for that file. > > Thanks a lot. As I originally understood it, -print0 was just another > test, so the evaluation order should not have mattered in that case, > but now it makes perfect sense. Glad to hear it. BTW, the evaluation order is significant with an optimized system. In a chain of "ands" such as "a and b and c", if a is true and b is false, there's no reason to even evaluate c, since the proposition is already false. Most systems take advantage of that to speed execution. Yes, it technically violates Boole's laws, but what the heck? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - Tempt not the dragons of fate, since thou art crunchy and taste - - good with ketchup. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
