[bug #54856] A Bit Unclear -execdir Documentation

[Ahmad ElKomey]

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                 Summary: A Bit Unclear -execdir Documentation
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: ahmad_elkomey
            Submitted on: Wed 17 Oct 2018 04:29:04 PM UTC
                Category: documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.5.11
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

I am reading the part that says:


— Action: -execdir command ;

Execute command; true if zero status is returned. find takes all arguments
after ‘-execdir’ to be part of the command until an argument consisting of
‘;’ is reached... *The command is executed in the directory in which find
was run.*


I cut some of the text after _is reached_, and bolded the part I think needs
enhancement.

I believe the part that say _The command is executed in the directory in which
find was run_ should be updated to something like:
The command is executed in the parent directory of every file matched the
criteria. Meaning, the command is executed as if you have changed the current
working directory to the one containing a matching file found by _find_
command. Also, this means that *{}* is always basename.




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