[bugs #11189] Errors in find(1) manpage. And unescaped dashes.

[Andreas Metzler]

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URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=11189>
Project: findutils
Submitted by: Andreas Metzler
On: Don 02.12.2004 at 15:47

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Severity:  5 - Average
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Status:  Open
Release:  4.2.8
Fixed Release:  None


Summary:  Errors in find(1) manpage. And unescaped dashes.

Original Submission:  The find manpage in 4.2.8 is buggy:
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address@hidden:/tmp$ LC_ALL=en_US man find > /dev/null
Reformatting find(1), please wait...
/tmp/zmanCbwxIn:845: a space character is not allowed in an escape name
/tmp/zmanCbwxIn:845: warning: can't find special character `'
/tmp/zmanCbwxIn:846: a space character is not allowed in an escape name
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The corresponding lines are:
.B find / ( -perm +4000 -fprintf /root/suid.txt '%#m %u %pen' ) , e
.B        ( -size +100M -fprintf /root/big.txt  '%-10s %pen' )

Additionally the manpage contains multiple unescaped dashes, "-" which will be 
rendered as n-dash instead of "-" in UTF-8 locales, therefore breaking not only 
cut and paste but much worse also searching. The attached patch fixes _these_.
           cu andreas





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Date: Don 02.12.2004 at 15:47  Name: find.1.escape-dashes.diff  Size: 7,95KB   
By: ametzler
escape dashes -where necessary- in find.1
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=11189&amp;item_file_id=1934






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