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grep branch, master, updated. v2.13-7-ge130580


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: grep branch, master, updated. v2.13-7-ge130580
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:07:49 +0000

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commit e1305800f265c872ab0fb49e640773143fb1ee9a
Author: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Jul 26 12:07:12 2012 -0700

    doc: document -r/-R in man page
    
    * doc/grep.in.1: Document -r vs. -R.

diff --git a/doc/grep.in.1 b/doc/grep.in.1
index 4cf1f17..4bf03b4 100644
--- a/doc/grep.in.1
+++ b/doc/grep.in.1
@@ -475,19 +475,19 @@ By default,
 .I ACTION
 is
 .BR read ,
-which means that directories are read just as if they were ordinary files.
+i.e., read directories just as if they were ordinary files.
 If
 .I ACTION
 is
 .BR skip ,
-directories are silently skipped.
+silently skip directories.
 If
 .I ACTION
 is
 .BR recurse ,
-.B grep
-reads all files under each directory, recursively;
-this is equivalent to the
+read all files under each directory, recursively,
+following symbolic links only if they are on the command line.
+This is equivalent to the
 .B \-r
 option.
 .TP
@@ -527,11 +527,16 @@ Search only files whose base name matches
 (using wildcard matching as described under
 .BR \-\^\-exclude ).
 .TP
-.BR \-R ", " \-r ", " \-\^\-recursive
-Read all files under each directory, recursively;
-this is equivalent to the
+.BR \-r ", " \-\^\-recursive
+Read all files under each directory, recursively,
+following symbolic links only if they are on the command line.
+This is equivalent to the
 .B "\-d recurse"
 option.
+.BR \-R ", " \-\^\-dereference\-recursive
+Read all files under each directory, recursively.
+Follow all symbolic links, unlike
+.BR \-r .
 .SS "Other Options"
 .TP
 .BR \-\^\-line\-buffered
@@ -1216,7 +1221,8 @@ grep(1p).
 .SS "\*(Txinfo Documentation"
 The full documentation for
 .B grep
-is maintained as a \*(Txinfo manual.
+is maintained as a \*(Txinfo manual,
+which you can read at http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/.
 If the
 .B info
 and
@@ -1228,6 +1234,9 @@ programs are properly installed at your site, the command
 should give you access to the complete manual.
 .
 .SH NOTES
+This man page is maintained only fitfully;
+the full documentation is often more up-to-date.
+.PP
 \s-1GNU\s0's not Unix, but Unix is a beast;
 its plural form is Unixen.
 .\" Work around problems with some troff -man implementations.

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Summary of changes:
 doc/grep.in.1 |   27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)


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