I have run into a strange behavior with Find command. When I use the command without the trailing slash in the directory name, it returns nothing. When I add the trailing slash, it recurses through the directory and list all the subdirectories.
find /tdd/general/performance -- This doesn't work
find /tdd/general/performance/ -- This works.
For other folders, it makes no difference but for this particular folder it does provide any results without the trailing slash.
Can someone please enlighten me as why this is happening. Thank you in advance for the help.
I guess /tdd/general/performance is a reference: a symbolic link or an automount point.
For a symbolic link you can use find -H /tdd/general/performance
The -H follows a symlink in the given start directory.
An automount behavior is implementation-specific.
Regarding the Linux autofs, I have seen that a first access to a bare directory name returns the unmounted/arbitrary attributes but then fosters the mount; a subsequent access returns the attributes of the mounted filesystem.
In Solaris an access to a bare directory name immediately mounts then returns the attributes.
A trailing / ensures a directory; this always fosters an early mount.
not exactly what I asked, but good enough.
As @MadeInGermany mentioned here, this directory is a link.
Hence, follow (pun intended) what's been suggested.
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