On 2012/01/02 16:19, Pascal Stumpf wrote:
> CVSROOT: /cvs
> Module name: src
> Changes by: [email protected] 2012/01/02 16:19:45
>
> Modified files:
> usr.bin/find : extern.h find.1 find.c find.h function.c
>
> Log message:
> Add support for "find ... -exec foo {} \+".
>
> From the manpage:
>
> If terminated by a plus sign (``+''), the pathnames for which the
> primary is evaluated are aggregated into sets, and utility will
> be invoked once per set, similar to xargs(1). If any invocation
> exits with non-zero exit status, then find will eventually do so
> as well, but this does not cause find to exit early. The string
> ``{}'' must appear, and must appear last. Each set is limited to
> no more than 5,000 pathnames, and is also limited such that the
> invocation of utility does not exceed ARG_MAX.
>
> Code comes from NetBSD, written by John Hawkinson. Tested by eivinde at
> terraplane dot org and myself for quite some time.
>
> ok miod@
>
This support doesn't extend to -execdir, I think we should add
something like this to the manual. OK?
Index: find.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/find/find.1,v
retrieving revision 1.84
diff -u -p -r1.84 find.1
--- find.1 3 Jan 2012 08:42:00 -0000 1.84
+++ find.1 5 Jan 2012 10:17:24 -0000
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ Identical to the
primary with the exception that
.Ar utility
will be executed from the directory that holds
-the current file.
+the current file, and that terminating
+.Ar utility
+with a plus sign is not supported.
The filename substituted for the string
.Qq {}
is not qualified.
