Index: find.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/findutils/findutils/find/find.1,v retrieving revision 1.46 diff -u -r1.46 find.1 --- find.1 13 Feb 2005 13:47:31 -0000 1.46 +++ find.1 15 Feb 2005 03:04:05 -0000 @@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ link itself is used as a fallback if the file pointed to by the symbolic link cannot be examined. -When the \-H option is in effect, the \-type predicate will always +When the \-L option is in effect, the \-type predicate will always match against the type of the file that a symbolic link points to rather than the link itself (unless the symbolic link is broken). -Using \-H causes the \-lname and \-ilname predicates always to return +Using \-L causes the \-lname and \-ilname predicates always to return false. .P If more than one of \-H, \-L and \-P are both specified, each @@ -108,13 +108,6 @@ will be taken from the file to which the symbolic link points. The same consideration applies to \-anewer and \-cnewer. -Similarly, when \-H or \-L is in effect, the \-type predicate will -always match against the type of the file that a symbolic link points -to rather than the link itself (unless the link is broken or cannot be -dereferenced). Using \-H or \-L causes the \-lname and \-ilname -predicates always to return false (again, except in the case of broken -links). - The \-follow option has a similar effect to \-L, though it takes effect at the point where it appears (that is, if \-L is not used but \-follow is, any symbolic links appearing after it on the command line @@ -162,7 +155,7 @@ Normally, \fBfind\fR will emit an error message when it fails to stat a file. If you give this option and a file is deleted between the time \fBfind\fR reads the name of the file from the directory and the time it tries to stat -the file, nno error message will be issued. This also applies to files +the file, no error message will be issued. This also applies to files or directories whose names are given on the command line. This option takes effect at the time the command line is read, which means that you cannot search one part of the filesystem with this option on and part of it with this option @@ -310,7 +303,7 @@ in findutils-4.2.2; see section STANDARDS CONFORMANCE below). To ignore a directory and the files under it, use \-prune; see an example in the description of \-wholename. Braces are not recognised as being -special, despite the fact that some shells including Bash ibmue braces +special, despite the fact that some shells including Bash imbue braces with a special meaning in shell patterns. The filename matching is performed with the use of the .BR fnmatch (3) @@ -464,7 +457,7 @@ section for examples of the use of the `\-exec' option. The specified command is run once for each matched file. The command is executed in the starting directory. There are -unavoidable security problems surrpounding use of the -exec option; +unavoidable security problems surrounding use of the -exec option; you should use the -execdir option instead. .IP "\-exec \fIcommand\fR {} +"