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OS: SLES 10
very rarely..but it happens sometimes, that when i search from the root, i got the following warning
# find / -name post
/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/post
find: WARNING: Hard link ...
- 03-20-2007 #1Linux Newbie
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find sometimes issue warning
OS: SLES 10
very rarely..but it happens sometimes, that when i search from the root, i got the following warning
# find / -name post
/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/post
find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /proc/3487: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver. Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option. Earlier results may have failed to include directories th at should have been searched.
Regards
Needee
- 03-20-2007 #2Linux User
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Yeah, that's not a problem. Someone can probably explain this better than I can, but /proc is not an actual collection of files; it's a pseudo-collection of files that are mounted under /proc and only called when you want some information about the kernel or the hardware on your computer. None of that stuff really exists until you call it up, in a way, and /proc actually takes up no space on the hard drive, so that's why the hard-link count appears wrong to find.
Everything is normal.
- 03-21-2007 #3Linux Newbie
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thanks for reply dear
and sorry for replying late ;(
Ok, I do agree with you..its becuase of /proc. But this is as i said... is rare, i.e not always, say, I searched frm "/".. and receive the warning, but after one or two more attempts, it doesnt warn, but works, i.e start searching ... and produce search results on console.
What I wana mention/ask is that why most of the time "find / -name abx" works fine... but only sometimes/rarely it gives the Warning


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