find command question

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Apr 09), Jay Hall said:
> When using the find command with the -exec option, does the find command
> wait for the command being executed to finish before returning the next
> result?
> 
> For example, if I am using find -exec {} to copy files to tape, will find
> wait for the command to write the file to tape complete before it returns
> the next result?

Since the find manpage says:

     -exec utility [argument ...] ;
             True if the program named utility returns a zero value as its
             exit status. ...

It has to wait for completion to see the exit status.


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	Dan Nelson
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