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[Findutils-patches] Re: [PATCH] Savannah bug #23920: warn about -path ar
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Eric Blake |
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[Findutils-patches] Re: [PATCH] Savannah bug #23920: warn about -path arguments ending in /. |
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Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:28:12 -0600 |
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According to James Youngman on 7/12/2009 2:58 PM:
> +
> +Find compares the @samp{-path} argument with the concatenation of a
What's with the spacing here?
> +directory name and the base name of the file it’s considering.
Use ', not a UTF apostrophe; the texinfo program will use the correct
symbol later on.
> +Since the concatenation will never end with a slash, @samp{-path}
> +arguments ending in @samp{/} will match nothing (except perhaps a
More weird spacing.
> +start point specified on the command line).
> +
> +The name @samp{-wholename} is GNU-specific, but @samp{-path} is more
> +portable; it is supported by HP-UX @code{find} and will soon be part
> +of POSIX.
It _is_ part of POSIX 2008, which was released last year.
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Eric Blake address@hidden
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