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authorjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-05-01 22:10:45 +0000
committerjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-05-01 22:10:45 +0000
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pathchk(1): Fix the example so it allows arbitrary pathnames.
Spaces and various other characters in pathnames are not passed through literally by xargs in its default mode. Instead, use find . -exec ... {} + Although the -- argument is not strictly required here, add it anyway to avoid surprises when modifying the code to find -f -somedir ... MFC after: 1 week
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@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ other
.Tn POSIX
systems:
.Pp
-.Dl "find . -print | xargs pathchk -p"
+.Dl "find . -exec pathchk -p -- {} +"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getconf 1 ,
.Xr pathconf 2 ,
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