[bug #42985] find reports "No such file or directory" when executing rm

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: find reports "No such file or directory" when
executing rm
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 14 Aug 2014 10:49:54 AM UTC
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Alexander Ewering
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.2
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

When executing something that deletes files (-exec rm "{}", for example), find
will report "No such file or directory" for each file that it processes...
very confusing... seems like it tries to access the file again after executing
the command...?




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