docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow

[Peter C. Lai]

The following reply was made to PR docs/40196; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo at cowbert.2y.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, chu at gpi.ru
Cc: freebsd-doc at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 01:54:44 -0500

 find(1) has the -follow option historically on SysV and Solaris.
 
 In IRIX 6.5, the find(1) manpage says: 
 
 -follow		Always true; causes the underlying file of a symbolic link to 
 		be checked rather than the symbolic link itself.
 
 In GNU find(1), the manpage says:
 
 -follow		Dereference symbolic links...
 
 In Solaris 8+ find(1), the manpage says:
 
 -follow		Always true; causes symbolic  links  to  be  followed.
 		When following symbolic links, find keeps track of the
 		directories visited so that  it  can  detect  infinite
 		loops;  for example, such a loop would occur if a sym-
 		bolic link pointed to  an  ancestor.  This  expression
 		should not be used with the -type l expression.
 
 Whereas I'm not sure whether or not FreeBSD's find(1) supports the infinite loop
 detection feature, the Solaris description appears to be the most accurate.
 
 Can someone verify this for me, and submit a diff/patch? This PR's been open
 for over a year.
 
 Thanks,
 Pete
 
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 Peter C. Lai
 University of Connecticut
 Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
 Yale University School of Medicine
 SenseLab | Research Assistant
 http://cowbert.2y.net/