docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow

[Peter C. Lai]

The following reply was made to PR docs/40196; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo at cowbert.2y.net>
To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des at des.no>
Cc: peter.lai at uconn.edu, freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org,
	chu at gpi.ru, freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:24:28 -0500

 -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
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 Yale University School of Medicine
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