[bug #28824] incorrect error message on invalid argument

[Andreas Metzler]

URL:
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                 Summary: incorrect error message on invalid argument
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: ametzler
            Submitted on: Fr 05 Feb 2010 19:50:41 CET
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Marc Lehmann
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.2
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

(SID)address@hidden:~$ find /tmp/ -ctime x
find: missing argument to `-ctime'
(SID)address@hidden:~$ find --version
find (GNU findutils) 4.4.2

This is non-ancient breakage and also applies to GIT head. (both oldfind and
find). It was introduced in 4.3.6, earlier versions are fine:

findutils_4.2.33-1/usr/bin/find: invalid argument `x' to `-ctime'
findutils_4.3.5-1/usr/bin/find: invalid argument `x' to `-ctime'
findutils_4.3.6-1/usr/bin/find: missing argument to `-ctime'
findutils_4.3.8-1/usr/bin/find: missing argument to `-ctime'
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The issue was reported by Marc Lehmann in http://bugs.debian.org/568490

cu andreas




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