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A new release of findutils, 4.3.0-2, is available, replacing
4.2.27-1 as
current.
NEWS:
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This is a new development upstream release. It uses a new
algorithm for
file traversal, and adds new features that might be
withdrawn depending on
feedback received. However, as no upstream findutils
releases have been
made in over 6 months, and as various people have reported
that the 4.3
series works better on cygwin than the 4.2 series, I am
promoting it to
stable. It adds the executable oldfind if you want to stick
with the old
algorithm for file traveral. Upstream news since 4.2.27 is
attached.
Additionally, this version patches updatedb to avoid the
/proc virtual
subtree by default, like it is ignored on Linux. This patch
was needed
since cygwin 1.5.20 now lists /proc as a member of / by
default, but does
not (yet) report mounted filesystem types the way Linux
does, so the
unpatched updatedb was taking forever scanning
/proc/registry unnecessarily.
DESCRIPTION:
============
The findutils package contains programs which will help you
locate files
on your system. The find utility searches through a
hierarchy of
directories looking for files which match a certain set of
criteria (such
as a filename pattern). The xargs utility builds and
executes command
lines from standard input arguments (usually lists of file
names generated
by the find command). The locate utility scans a database
of filenames
and displays matches. The updatedb utility builds the
database for locate.
UPDATE:
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To update your installation, click on the "Install
Cygwin now" link on the
http://cygwin.com/ web
page. This downloads setup.exe to your system.
Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up
'findutils' from
the 'Base' category (it should already be selected).
DOWNLOAD:
=========
Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com)
aren't
allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you
will need to
find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one
nearest to you:
http://cygwin.com/mirr
ors.html
QUESTIONS:
==========
If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin
mailing list is
the appropriate place.
- --
Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin findutils maintainer
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* Major changes in release 4.3.0
The 4.3.x release series are currently 'development'
releases. Please
test it, but think carefully before installing it in a
production
system. New features in findutils-4.3.x are under
development; they
may change or go away.
All changes up to and including findutils-4.2.27 are
included in this
release. In addition the following changes are new in this
release:
** Functional Changes
By default, find now uses the fts() function to search the
file
system. The use of fts greatly increases find's ability to
search
extremely deep directory hierarchites.
You can tell that the version of find you are using uses
FTS, because
the output of "find --version" will include the
word "FTS".
Currently two binaries for 'find' are built. The
configure option
--without-fts can be used to select whether 'find' uses
fts:
With fts Without fts
default configuration find oldfind
configure --with-fts find oldfind
configure --without-fts ftsfind find
New tests, -readable, -writable, -executable. These check
that a file
can be read, written or executed respectively.
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