Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 09:24:26 GMT From: Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/166553: find -delete documentation is misleading Message-ID: <201204010924.q319OQeN036749@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201204010930.q319UCJt080967@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 166553 >Category: bin >Synopsis: find -delete documentation is misleading >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Apr 01 09:30:12 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Richard Kettlewell >Release: >Organization: >Environment: >Description: The documentation for 'find -delete' includes the following remark: It will not attempt to delete a filename with a “/” character in its pathname relative to “.” for security reasons. This reflects a defensive test early in f_delete. However, the test will not succeed, since find does not use FTS_NOCHDIR, so entry->fts_accpath should never contain "/". I suggest that this remark be deleted from the man page. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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