Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:30:22 -0700 (PDT) From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/65822: find(1) documentation neglects to describe "-follow" option Message-ID: <200404202130.i3KLUMht051079@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/65822; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To: Peter Ludemann <ludemann@yahoo-inc.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/65822: find(1) documentation neglects to describe
"-follow" option
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:28:13 +0200
Peter Ludemann <ludemann@yahoo-inc.com> writes:
> The "-follow" option to the find(1) command is only mentioned in
> passing, but not otherwise documented.
relevant excerpts from find(1):
DESCRIPTION
[...]
-H Cause the file information and file type (see stat(2)) returned
for each symbolic link specified on the command line to be tho=
se
of the file referenced by the link, not the link itself. If t=
he
referenced file does not exist, the file information 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. This
is a suitable replacement for the archaic -follow option.
[...]
COMPATIBILITY
The -follow option has been deprecated; -H is considered to be a suita=
ble
replacement.
[...]
STANDARDS
[...]
Historically, the -d, -H and -x options were implemented using the pri-
maries -depth, -follow, and -xdev. [...]
DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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