docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

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

From: des at des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To: peter.lai at uconn.edu
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, chu at gpi.ru,
	freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/40196: man find does not describe -follow
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:57:42 +0100

 "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo at cowbert.2y.net> writes:
 > -follow works on the command line. Is it just another method to
 > invoke -H?  I find it strange that the only mention of -follow is in
 > the STANDARDS section, since that's not the most intutitive place to
 > look for it (yes, I did read it); I guess the misspelling threw me
 > off since there's no -h option (only -H) :) Shouldn't we at least
 > put in a line for -follow saying "another name for -H"?
 
 It isn't "another name for -H", and the reason why is explained in the
 STANDARDS section.  Please read it again.
 
 If you insist on documenting -follow, make sure to
 
  - document it in the correct section (PRIMARIES, not DESCRIPTION)
  - note that it does not behave like other primaries do
  - note that it should not be used except for compatibility reasons
  - also document -depth and -xdev in the same manner
 
 DES
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 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des at des.no