Follow-up Comment #5, bug #51926 (project findutils): In fact the error can occur even when you wouldn't expect it due to find's arm-swapping optimizations:
$ ln -s loop loop $ find -links 100 -xtype l find: ‘./loop’: Too many levels of symbolic links Even though -xtype appears guarded by the -links test, it's been re-ordered in front of it and thus causes an error. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51926> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/