find -exec

cricbk · 12-26-2003, 11:34 AM

How can I get the commmand

'find . -iname "*.c" -exec gcc -c {};'

to quit when gcc returns an error condition???

bigjohn · 12-26-2003, 10:46 PM

Have you tried control Z (at the same time), as that stop's most things in CLI

regards

John

cricbk · 12-27-2003, 09:29 AM

I'm not sure what you mean by 'control Z at the same time'.
My ultimate goal is to put this command in a script file and
when the '-exec gcc {}' returns an error I want the script to stop, not continue on to the next file that is found.

Thanks for the reply.
Rick

tomdkat · 01-05-2004, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cricbk
My ultimate goal is to put this command in a script file and
when the '-exec gcc {}' returns an error I want the script to stop, not continue on to the next file that is found.

Can you use "make" in your script?

Peace...

Tinkster · 01-05-2004, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cricbk
My ultimate goal is to put this command in a script file and
when the '-exec gcc {}' returns an error I want the script to stop,
not continue on to the next file that is found.

That's not possible, find doesn't accept the result
from exec as a control mechanism. You may have
to go another way, like bash or perl scripting.

Cheers,
Tink