Finding a file with wrong permissions
Josh Paetzel
josh at tcbug.org
Wed Mar 8 17:04:52 UTC 2006
On Wednesday 08 March 2006 11:59, Daniela wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 March 2006 16:58, Josh Paetzel wrote:
> > I managed to install a pkg that I created and somehow the file
> > +COMMENT wasn't created in /var/db/pkg/portname. I touched
> > +COMMENT in the correct directory because pkg_info was
> > complaining about a missing +COMMENT. Some time has gone by and
> > I have forgotten which port it is. Now pkg_info complains:
> >
> > pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading
> >
> > I'm looking for a way to locate this file.
> >
> > #find /var/db/pkg -perm 644 -name +COMMENT | wc -l
> > 378
> >
> > #pkg_info | wc -l
> > pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading
> > 379
> >
> > I've looked through the manpage for find and can't find a 'not'
> > modifier. Is there an easy way to find a file that doesn't have
> > a specific permission. ie something like:
> >
> > #find /var/db/pkg -perm !644 -name +COMMENT
>
> Or you could look for a file with zero size.
Forgot to mention that I tried that. I may have put something in the
file....damn my memory. :(
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Thanks,
Josh Paetzel
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