On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 16:04 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 03/26/2010 03:58 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 11:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 10:30 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 14:20 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > >>>> On 03/25/2010 01:57 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 12:43 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >>>>>> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 13:04 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > >>>>>>>> Note that this clarification is not present in the man page find(1). > >>>>>>> So > >>>>>>>> it's either a bug in find or a bug in the documentation. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> When I ran the command as "-size 1G", it returned all the files less > >>>>>>> than 1GB in size (I'm not sure if /etc *has* any files greater than > >>>>>>> 1GB!) So, I agree, its either a bug in the documentation or in find. > >>>>>>> Bugzilla it! Let's hear from the developers. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Are you sure? In my case it returned only the zero-length files, same as > >>>>>> what the OP reported. This is on F12, just in case. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> poc > >>>>>> > >>>>> That is how it works for me. zero length files are not returned. > >>>> > >>>> After reading all the replies to this thread, I must agree that the > >>>> "-1G" does work as the documents say, but it sure as hell is misleading. > >>>> > >>>> As I suspect most did, I read (past tense) "-1G" as "return files less > >>>> than 1GB in size" (and I've been in the business a LONG time). However, > >>>> the docs DO say that the "G" bit means "use gigabyte blocks", so only > >>>> zero-length files fit that criteria and would be displayed (even a > >>>> 1-byte file uses part of that first 1G block). > >>>> > >>>> With all that being said, it is bloody misleading. It'd be nice if the > >>>> maintainers could offer some way to do the inferred (by most) > >>>> behavior. Perhaps "-1Gc" (less than 1 gigacharacters). As it stands, > >>>> you'd need to use "-1099511627776c" to get the inferred behavior and > >>>> that's a right pain. > >>> No, find -size 1G > >>> will do what you want. > >> > >> Have you read the rest of this thread? Your interpretation of what the > >> OP wants is not what he says he wants, which in turn is not what "-size > >> -1G" actually does. > >> > >> poc > >> > > > > I rfead the whole thread. And I agree that find -size -!G does not do > > what he wants but find -size 1G > > does. Try it and you will see. > > In a hopeless pedantic vein, the result differs from what was originally > sought if the file size is exactly 1G. You are right your assertion is a hopelessly pedantic statement. -- ======================================================================= The young lady had an unusual list, Linked in part to a structural weakness. She set no preconditions. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
