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Re: info find does not describe -name option


From: uzibalqa
Subject: Re: info find does not describe -name option
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:42:08 +0000


------- Original Message -------
On Friday, April 14th, 2023 at 7:46 PM, Bernhard Voelker 
<mail@bernhard-voelker.de> wrote:


> On 4/14/23 00:02, uzibalqa wrote:
> 
> > ------- Original Message -------
> > On Friday, April 14th, 2023 at 9:24 AM, Bernhard Voelker 
> > mail@bernhard-voelker.de wrote:
> > 
> > > I see -name well documented in section "2.3.1 Base Name Patterns":
> 
> > It is good as you say, but I get something different when I do
> > "info find" in terminal.
> 
> 
> I see what you mean - the entry point for `info find` is a bit unlucky,
> because it directly goes to section "Invoking find".
> Maybe `info '(find)' 'Finding Files'` would be a better start.
> 
> I have to think about it.

Thank you for thinking about some organising things better.  I do like using 
info, and call "info program" on terminal to check things.
 
> Have a nice day,
> Berny
> 
> diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi
> index 9738386c..7fca09a1 100644
> --- a/doc/find.texi
> +++ b/doc/find.texi
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
> 
> @dircategory Individual utilities
> @direntry
> -* find: (find)Invoking find. Finding and acting on files.
> +* find: (find)Finding Files. Finding and acting on files.
> * locate: (find)Invoking locate. Finding files in a database.
> * updatedb: (find)Invoking updatedb. Building the locate database.
> * xargs: (find)Invoking xargs. Operating on many files.



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