From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 13:24:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3204816A4CF for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:24:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from cowbert.2y.net (d46h180.public.uconn.edu [137.99.46.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B600B43D31 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:24:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net) Received: (qmail 30253 invoked by uid 1001); 23 Feb 2004 21:24:28 -0000 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:24:28 -0500 From: "Peter C. Lai" To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav Message-ID: <20040223212428.GA28136@cowbert.2y.net> References: <20040223065444.GP23219@cowbert.2y.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org cc: peter.lai@uconn.edu cc: chu@gpi.ru Subject: Re: docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: peter.lai@uconn.edu List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:24:30 -0000 -follow works on the command line. Is it just another method to invoke -H? I find it strange that the only mention of -follow is in the STANDARDS section, since that's not the most intutitive place to look for it (yes, I did read it); I guess the misspelling threw me off since there's no -h option (only -H) :) Shouldn't we at least put in a line for -follow saying "another name for -H"? thanks On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:05:59AM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > "Peter C. Lai" 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 > -- > Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav - des@des.no -- Peter C. Lai University of Connecticut Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology Yale University School of Medicine SenseLab | Research Assistant http://cowbert.2y.net/