[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#272066: Not delete symlinks to directories in /var/run/ ?

[Andreas Metzler]

Thomas Hood wrote:
[...]
> Cameron Hutchison wrote to #272066:
>> This should do it. It uses the -xtype find(1) predicate. I'm not sure if
>> that's GNU only and if so, whether it is allowed in an initscript.

It is probably GNU-only (it is not POSIX and not even FreeBSD's finds
implements it), but that is no problem afaik.

>> --- /etc/init.d/bootclean.sh  2005-01-05 10:27:40.000000000 +1100
>> +++ /tmp/bootclean.sh 2005-11-22 09:27:46.105703939 +1100
>> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@

>>       [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && echo -n " /var/run"
>>       ( cd /var/run && \
>> -             find . ! -type d ! -name utmp ! -name innd.pid \
>> +             find . ! -type d ! -xtype d ! -name utmp ! -name innd.pid \
>>               -exec rm -f -- {} \; )
>>       rm -f /var/run/.clean
>>       set -o noclobber


> "! -type d" matches everything (including symbolic links) except directories.
> "! -xtype d" in the absence of "-L" matches everything except directories
> and symbolic links to directories.  Thus IIUC the latter eliminates the need
> for the former.

I think you are right.
              cu andreas
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