Christian Pernegger scripsit: >Hallo! > >I just stumbled upon the following. If I do > ># cd / ># grep -r * stuff > >it outputs files for maybe half a second then hangs the whole machine. The >last matches were under /dev. I can't remember grep ever scanning device >files, but maybe it's just me... are you shure? shouldn't be
# grep -r stuff * ? Anyhow... It will have a problem when grep-ing never endig devices such as /dev/zero..... -- The Hobbit ICQ #56656060 I am the "ILOVEGNU" signature virus. Just copy me to your signature. This email was infected under the terms of the GNU General Public License.