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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:05:59 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        peter.lai@uconn.edu
Cc:        chu@gpi.ru
Subject:   Re: docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow
Message-ID:  <xzpk72ei2rs.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20040223065444.GP23219@cowbert.2y.net> (Peter C. Lai's message of "Mon, 23 Feb 2004 01:54:44 -0500")
References:  <20040223065444.GP23219@cowbert.2y.net>

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"Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net> writes:
> find(1) has the -follow option historically on SysV and Solaris.
> [...]
> Whereas I'm not sure whether or not FreeBSD's find(1) supports the
> infinite loop detection feature, the Solaris description appears to
> be the most accurate.

Have you even read the man page?  Our find(1) uses fts(3) and supports
the usual -H, -L and -P options.  The -follow option (and one reason
why we don't support it) is even mentioned in the STANDARDS section,
though -H is misspelled as -h in that paragraph.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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