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Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aidas Kasparas)
Sun May 26 18:05:48 1996
Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 17:39:07 +0300
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
From: Aidas Kasparas <kaspar@soften.ktu.lt>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <9605241355.AA10388@src1.dpw.com>
On Fri, 24 May 1996, Colin Jenkins wrote:
> > This is true. Perhaps a "{}" on the command line should be sub'ed with
> > the relative name and a "{{}}" should be sub'ed with the absolute
> > name.
>
> I agree that find's syntax would have to be (and should) be extended.
> Unfortunately, without extending the syntax of find, I think it would be
> virtually impossible to "fix" find to resolve this particular problem without
> breaking other uses of find.
>
How about introducing -delete or -erase option in find. I don't
think it will brake any use and I'm sure it would be usefull - we
constantly need something to delete...
Aidas
