Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:57:50 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: herbelot@cybercable.fr Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: correction for find(1)'s man page Message-ID: <199901180357.TAA22127@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <36A0FC11.8B22D0F5@cybercable.fr>
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In article <36A0FC11.8B22D0F5@cybercable.fr>,
Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I was reading the man page for find(1), looking for the precise option
> to follow symbolic links.
>
> This option is -follow, of course, but it is not described in the man
> page
Huh? The correct options are the first three options described in
the man page:
-H The -H option causes the file information and file type (see
stat(2)) returned for each symbolic link specified on the command
line to be those of the file referenced by the link, not the link
itself. If the referenced file does not exist, the file informa-
tion and type will be for the link itself. File information of
all symbolic links not on the command line is that of the link
itself.
-L The -L option causes the file information and file type (see
stat(2)) returned for each symbolic link to be those of the file
referenced by the link, not the link itself. If the referenced
file does not exist, the file information and type will be for
the link itself.
-P The -P option causes the file information and file type (see
stat(2)) returned for each symbolic link to be those of the link
itself. This is the default.
John
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