The following issue has been SUBMITTED. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1792 ====================================================================== Reported By: Don Cragun Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: Issue 8 drafts Issue ID: 1792 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Clarification Requested Severity: Comment Priority: normal Status: New Name: Don Cragun Organization: User Reference: Section: find utility example 7 Page Number: 2924 Line Number: 97746-97749 Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2023-12-18 18:40 UTC Last Modified: 2023-12-18 18:40 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: Example 7 needs to use find's -H option Description: This issue was originally raised by Stéphane Chazelas in https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1776, but was not addressed in the resolution to that bug.
With -L/-H, the behaviour is consistent across implementations as stat() is performed on all files. In any case, the example at line 97747 is incorrect without -H/-L as test's -nt compares files after symlink resolution (also note that the behaviour varies across test implementations when operand cannot be stat()ed). Desired Action: Fix the example at line 97747 to use -H, and maybe add a "provided both file1 and file2 are accessible". ====================================================================== Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2023-12-18 18:40 Don Cragun New Issue 2023-12-18 18:40 Don Cragun Name => Don Cragun 2023-12-18 18:40 Don Cragun Section => find utility example 7 2023-12-18 18:40 Don Cragun Page Number => 2924 2023-12-18 18:40 Don Cragun Line Number => 97746-97749 ======================================================================
