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Re: [Findutils-patches] [PATCH] Add find -prune|cpio example to find man
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Findutils-patches] [PATCH] Add find -prune|cpio example to find manpage |
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Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:51:10 -0600 |
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According to James Youngman on 6/26/2007 5:56 PM:
> 2007-06-27 James Youngman <address@hidden>
>
> * find/find.1 (EXAMPLES): Added an example of using find and cpio -p
> to copy a directory tree, with pruning and omitted files.
I like the idea. Go ahead and apply one you resolve my question below...
> +The expression on the right hand side of the
> +.B \-o
> +is in parentheses only for clarity. It emphasises that the
> +.B \-print0
> +action takes place only for things that didn't have
> +.B \-prune
> +applied to them. Because the default 'and' condition between tests
> +binds more tightly than
> +.B \-o this is the default anyway, but the parentheses help to show
I don't know nroff well enough, but this last line does not match the
earlier lines with a newline separating the '.B' from the regular text.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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