docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow

[Peter C. Lai]

-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" <sirmoo at 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
> -- 
> Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav - des at des.no

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Peter C. Lai
University of Connecticut
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
Yale University School of Medicine
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