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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/fts.3 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/fts.3 b/lib/libc/gen/fts.3 index d34b61b..193e60e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/fts.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/fts.3 @@ -419,14 +419,17 @@ be provided to the .Fn fts_open function. .It Dv FTS_NOCHDIR -As a performance optimization, the +To allow descending to arbitrary depths +(independent of +.Brq Dv PATH_MAX ) +and improve performance, the .Nm functions change directories as they walk the file hierarchy. This has the side-effect that an application cannot rely on being in any particular directory during the traversal. The .Dv FTS_NOCHDIR -option turns off this optimization, and the +option turns off this feature, and the .Nm functions will not change the current directory. Note that applications should not themselves change their current directory |
