Solaris 9, python 2.1.3, find

[Alex Martelli]

Marc Petitmermet wrote:
        ...

>   find /usr/local -follow -name libtk8.3.so -print
> 
> the library is found. The man page for "find" states that follow is
> "Always true. Causes symbolic  links  to  be  followed". I think that
> this is not true because in may case /usr/local is a link to /p1/local
> on a second disk.

By "always true", find's manpage does NOT mean that it's indifferent
whether you specify -follow or not.  It means that, if you DO specify
it, it evaluates to 'true' -- remmember that the find command is
performing a boolean and, left to right and short-circuiting, on
its arguments (there are even explicit -o etc...).


Alex