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Article #322Re: find -inum option undocumented
From: guy
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1986 18:58
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1986 18:58
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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.)
--
Guy Harris
{ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy
guy@sun.com (or guy@sun.arpa)
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