git: 282a377c0926 - stable/13 - find: Add a warning about -delete.
- Go to: [ bottom of page ] [ top of archives ] [ this month ]
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:28:37 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by des: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=282a377c0926cd39fe37bd7842155ae4e13aaac0 commit 282a377c0926cd39fe37bd7842155ae4e13aaac0 Author: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-12-21 23:41:05 +0000 Commit: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-01-17 16:16:00 +0000 find: Add a warning about -delete. MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: Klara, Inc. Reviewed by: pauamma_gundo.com Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43162 (cherry picked from commit 45438f9c8b5b91ebf5606b4a98e891559913d25b) --- usr.bin/find/find.1 | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/find/find.1 b/usr.bin/find/find.1 index 5f559a12ec50..afa4c7ab8215 100644 --- a/usr.bin/find/find.1 +++ b/usr.bin/find/find.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)find.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/95 .\" -.Dd January 23, 2023 +.Dd December 22, 2023 .Dt FIND 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -349,6 +349,22 @@ The .Ic -delete primary will fail to delete a directory if it is not empty. Following symlinks is incompatible with this option. +.Pp +.Em WARNING : +The +.Ic -delete +primary will immediately attempt to delete the current path when +evaluated. +Be mindful of its place in the expression; as a general rule, it +should almost always come last. +If in doubt, try running with +.Ic -print +in place of +.Ic -delete +first. +See +.Sx OPERATORS +below for additional information on the order of evaluation. .It Ic -depth Always true; same as the non-portable