# Find.find does not find orphaned links?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-find-does-not-find-orphaned-links/47955>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 15, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-find-does-not-find-orphaned-links/47955 "2005-11-15T14:20:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![wybo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/cc9497/32.png) [@wybo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wybo)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-find-does-not-find-orphaned-links/47955/1 "2005-11-15T14:20:16Z")

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Find.find does not seem to find orphaned links:

Downloads\>ln -s /nonexistent  
Downloads\>ls -l  
total 0  
lrwxrwxrwx 1 wybo users 12 Nov 15 14:15 nonexistent -\> /nonexistent  
Downloads\>irb  
irb(main):001:0\> require ‘find’  
=\> true  
irb(main):002:0\> Find.find(’.’) do |f| puts f end  
.  
=\> nil  
irb(main):003:0\>

Is this a bug?

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**Author:** ![wybo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/cc9497/32.png) [@wybo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wybo)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-find-does-not-find-orphaned-links/47955/2 "2005-11-15T15:50:50Z")

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Hi,

In message “Re: Find.find does not find orphaned links?”  
on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:19:59 +0900, Wybo D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
writes:

|Find.find does not seem to find orphaned links:

It’s a bug. Thank you.

```
						matz.

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