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authorjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2012-06-13 21:53:40 +0000
committerjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2012-06-13 21:53:40 +0000
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find(1): Move description of -d option to -depth primary.
The nullary -depth primary is standard and the -d option provides little advantage. PR: docs/168885 MFC after: 1 week
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diff --git a/usr.bin/find/find.1 b/usr.bin/find/find.1
index 5a1085c..8e47084 100644
--- a/usr.bin/find/find.1
+++ b/usr.bin/find/find.1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)find.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 6, 2012
+.Dd June 13, 2012
.Dt FIND 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -126,36 +126,15 @@ as an effective alternative.
.It Fl d
Cause
.Nm
-to perform a depth-first traversal, i.e., directories
-are visited in post-order and all entries in a directory will be acted
-on before the directory itself.
-By default,
-.Nm
-visits directories in pre-order, i.e., before their contents.
-Note, the default is
-.Em not
-a breadth-first traversal.
+to perform a depth-first traversal.
.Pp
-This option is the BSD-specific equivalent of the
+This option is a BSD-specific equivalent of the
.Ic -depth
-primary of
+primary specified by
.St -p1003.1-2001 .
-The
-.Fl d
-option
-can be useful when
-.Nm
-is used with
-.Xr cpio 1
-to process files that are contained in directories with unusual permissions.
-It ensures that you have write permission while you are placing files in a
-directory, then sets the directory's permissions as the last thing.
-.It Fl f
-Specify a file hierarchy for
-.Nm
-to traverse.
-File hierarchies may also be specified as the operands immediately
-following the options.
+Refer to its description under
+.Sx PRIMARIES
+for more information.
.It Fl s
Cause
.Nm
@@ -327,8 +306,29 @@ Following symlinks is incompatible with this option.
Always true;
same as the non-portable
.Fl d
-option. Refer to the primary description of
-.Ic -depth for full information.
+option.
+Cause
+.Nm
+to perform a depth-first traversal, i.e., directories
+are visited in post-order and all entries in a directory will be acted
+on before the directory itself.
+By default,
+.Nm
+visits directories in pre-order, i.e., before their contents.
+Note, the default is
+.Em not
+a breadth-first traversal.
+.Pp
+The
+.Ic -depth
+primary
+can be useful when
+.Nm
+is used with
+.Xr cpio 1
+to process files that are contained in directories with unusual permissions.
+It ensures that you have write permission while you are placing files in a
+directory, then sets the directory's permissions as the last thing.
.It Ic -depth Ar n
True if the depth of the file relative to the starting point of the traversal
is
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