[BusyBox] find wish list

Matt Kraai kraai at alumni.carnegiemellon.edu
Tue Feb 6 15:35:37 UTC 2001


On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 08:11:39AM -0600, ssrat at mailbag.com wrote:
> I was looking at the find command, and trying to see what I could use 
> (ie, what I MISSED) and what I would use it for.  This is in relation 
> to -type .....
> 
> I thought of three things for -type and some more predicates... I've 
> ranked them in terms of "I wouldn't miss it" (0) to "I GOTTA HAVE 
> IT!" (5)....
> 
> 4: -type d          * find directories; speed up some searches?
> 5: -type f          * FREQUENTLY useful...
> 2: -type l          * maybe....

The patch I posted earlier adds support for all of the types
supported by GNU tar under the BB_FEATURE_FIND_TYPE option.

> 4: -perm -400       * security
> 3: -perm +111       * find executables
> 1: -perm 400        * completeness?  or not?

This should be relatively easy to add as well.

> 1: -mtime +4        * older than 4 days
> 1: -mtime -4        * within four days

As should this.

I'll code up a patch to address all these issues as circumstances
permit.

Matt





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