Re: grep crashes machine

2000-07-26 Thread kmself
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 01:26:25PM -0500, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Frodo Baggins wrote: > > > 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 t

Re: grep crashes machine

2000-07-24 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Frodo Baggins wrote: > 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 scannin

Re: grep crashes machine

2000-07-23 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christian Pernegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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 d

Re: grep crashes machine

2000-07-23 Thread Frodo Baggins
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...

Re: grep crashes machine

2000-07-23 Thread kmself
On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 04:17:18AM +0200, Christian Pernegger wrote: > 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 s