Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:44:13 GMT From: Pete Slagle<freebsd-stable@voidcaptain.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/106416: man page, xargs option not documented Message-ID: <200612061144.kB6BiDvN075063@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200612061200.kB6C0XLw095971@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 106416 >Category: docs >Synopsis: man page, xargs option not documented >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 06 12:00:27 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Pete Slagle >Release: 6.1-RELEASE-p10 >Organization: >Environment: 6.1-RELEASE-p10 >Description: The xargs utility accepts the -r option on the command line, but this is not documented on the xargs(1) man page. The relevant code is in /usr/src/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.c on line 166. The code file header is $xMach: xargs.c,v 1.6 2002/02/23 05:27:47 tim Exp $ The option is a no-op, and is included for "GNU compatibility" according to the source. A mention of this fact on the man page might help those who are writing scripts that are intended to be portable. >How-To-Repeat: man xargs >Fix: Add -r to the list of accepted options on the xargs(1) man page, noting that it is accepted for compatibility and does nothing. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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