On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:24:38 +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> 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?
The manual already has only the ; listed for -execdir, so I thought that
was already clear. Anyway, ok if you think it's necessary, but ask jmc@
first.
>
> 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.
