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Old 07-01-2004
find command not returning any result
I am looking for all the header files (*.h).. which as per documentation of the UNIX system shouldbe there.

I am using
find / -name *.h -print

But it does't give anything.

My question is under what condition the "find" condition will fail to find the file?

What is the work around.

How I can be 100% sure that the header files are really not present.


Pl reply.....
# 2  
Old 07-01-2004
Use quotes around your *.h

find / -name "*.h"

To insure find is working, just create an empty file with .h as the extension.
# 3  
Old 07-01-2004
Thanks for the input.

But

I want the answer of the question that

Under what condition "find" will not be able to find a file .
Actually i am having a feeling that in my system the header files are somehow made invivisible.
I have tried out the ls -a option obviously.but >>>>><<<<<

But it must be something beyond that.

Is it possible see files if they are not mounted?

How????????/
# 4  
Old 07-01-2004
If the .h files are there, "find" should be able to see them. No you can't see files that aren't mounted.

You should have some .h files in /usr/include...are they there?

find cab take a long time to run....you aren't killing it early are you?

find / -print

will find and print every filename. This is overkill, but it's one thing to try.
# 5  
Old 07-23-2004
This might be a silly question, are you running the

find / -name "*.h" -print

as root. If you are running it as a user with no privs, you might not be able to see everything.
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