[bug #15384] find misbehaves when parent directory is not readable

URL: Summary: find misbehaves when parent directory is not readable Project: findutils Submitted by: ldv Submitted on: Thu 01/05/06 at 19:53 Category: find

Cost-based optimiser for find

Find now has a rudimentary cost-based optimiser in findutils-4.3.1 and later releases; you can see it in the current CVS code. It is not turned on by default. The cost-based optimiser has an idea of the basic cost of each test (i.e. that -name is very cheap while -size is more expensive). It re-