[bug #59745] Issues in findutils manpages

[Andreas Metzler]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #59745 (project findutils):

[comment #4 comment #4:]
> [comment #3 comment #3:]
[...]
>> ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ touch fil1.c fil2.c
>> ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ find . -name *.c -print
>> find: paths must precede expression: `fil2.c'
>> find: possible unquoted pattern after predicate `-name'?
[...]
 
> Yes, I'm able to reproduce. But then my initial comment is (almost) correct,
the man page text is (slightly) outdated. The man page says:
> find: paths must precede expression
> However, the output is:
> find: paths must precede expression: `fil2.c'

> (Note the extra colon and the '%s').

Hello Helge,

Well, we cannot reproduce the exact error message since it depends on the
files present on the user's system. Imvho (not a native speaker) using the
common part sans the misleading punctuation is the best choice here.

cu Andreas

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