Re: [Findutils-patches] [PATCH] Add find -prune|cpio example to find manpage

[Eric Blake]

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According to James Youngman on 6/26/2007 5:56 PM:
> 2007-06-27  James Youngman  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * find/find.1 (EXAMPLES): Added an example of using find and cpio -p
>       to copy a directory tree, with pruning and omitted files.

I like the idea.  Go ahead and apply one you resolve my question below...

> +The expression on the right hand side of the 
> +.B \-o
> +is in parentheses only for clarity.  It emphasises that the
> +.B \-print0 
> +action takes place only for things that didn't have 
> +.B \-prune 
> +applied to them.  Because the default 'and' condition between tests
> +binds more tightly than 
> +.B \-o this is the default anyway, but the parentheses help to show

I don't know nroff well enough, but this last line does not match the
earlier lines with a newline separating the '.B' from the regular text.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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