...... Original Message ....... On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:27:50 -0700 "Thane Heninger" <heninger at iomega.com> wrote: >According to my man page: > -x The -x option prevents find from descending into directories that > have a device number different than that of the file rom which > the descent began. > >(In other words, in this usage, it will restrict find to return only >items on the startup disk.) > oops you're right I was thinking of -X