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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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