in reply to Re^4: 'unlink' seems to not work correctly ...
in thread 'unlink' seems to not work correctly ...
Yes, no_chdir means that find needs to keep readdirring and stating longer and longer paths, repeatedly traversing the parent directories. Real find, like the default File::Find, uses chdir to ensure that the readdir and stats traverse the minimal number of inodes.
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