From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 17 20:30:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10104 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:30:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pobox.com (planetx-1-97.mdm.mkt.execpc.com [169.207.119.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA10098 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 20:30:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamilton@pobox.com) Message-Id: <199901180430.UAA10098@hub.freebsd.org> Received: (qmail 6191 invoked from network); 17 Jan 1999 22:29:30 -0600 Received: from localhost (HELO pobox.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 17 Jan 1999 22:29:30 -0600 To: John Polstra cc: herbelot@cybercable.fr, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: correction for find(1)'s man page In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:57:50 PST." <199901180357.TAA22127@vashon.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:29:30 -0600 From: Jon Hamilton Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199901180357.TAA22127@vashon.polstra.com>, John Polstra wrote: } In article <36A0FC11.8B22D0F5@cybercable.fr>, } Thierry Herbelot 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. What this doesn't explicitly say is that it causes find(1) to actually follow the symlink and recursively descend the target tree (if the link points to a directory); I assume that's the behavior the original poster wanted. Near the bottom of the find(1) manpage (on my -stable system), is this: Historically, the -d, -h and -x options were implemented using the pri- maries ``-depth'', ``-follow'', and ``-xdev''. These primaries always ``-h'' there should read ``-H''; -h is an unknown option to find(1). -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message