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| author | Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de> | 2019-11-13 00:15:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de> | 2019-11-13 00:17:36 +0100 |
| commit | a0169f9aac1fd65e835b9c0df4001a792716c589 (patch) | |
| tree | 52d8568b760387958ea6ad95b9be958a5574d7c0 | |
| parent | 4f8b9c3bc86e581f8168922d8af9059b1c359164 (diff) | |
| download | findutils-a0169f9aac1.tar.gz | |
doc: use "symbolic link" instead of "symlink" consistently
* doc/find.texi (-printf): Change the shorter term "symlink" to
"symbolic link" for consistency with the rest of the Texinfo manual
and the man page.
(%Y): Likewise.
* find/find.1 (%Y): Likewise.
Suggested by 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-findutils/2019-11/msg00003.html
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/find.texi | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | find/find.1 | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi index fbfa57e..2cb8001 100644 --- a/doc/find.texi +++ b/doc/find.texi @@ -1740,11 +1740,11 @@ the output, instead of @samp{-ls}'s backslash-escaped names. (Using specifier; @pxref{Unusual Characters in File Names}). This format also outputs a uniform timestamp format. -As for symlinks, the format above outputs the symlink target on a second -line, following @samp{\n->}. There is nothing following the arrow for -non-symlinks. Another approach, for complete consistency, would be to -@code{-fprintf} the symlinks into a separate file, so they too can be -null-terminated. +As for symbolic links, the format above outputs the target of the symbolic link +on a second line, following @samp{\n->}. There is nothing following the arrow +for file types other than symbolic links. +Another approach, for complete consistency, would be to @code{-fprintf} the +symbolic links into a separate file, so they too can be null-terminated. @end deffn @deffn Action -fprintf file format @@ -1963,8 +1963,8 @@ link, @samp{l} will be printed. Type of the file as used with @samp{-type}. If the file is a symbolic link, it is dereferenced. If the file is a broken symbolic link, @samp{N} is printed. -When determining the type of the symlink target, and a loop is encountered, -then @samp{L} is printed (e.g. for a symlink to itself); +When determining the type of the target of a symbolic link, and a loop is +encountered, then @samp{L} is printed (e.g. for a symbolic link to itself); @samp{?} is printed for any other error (like e.g. @samp{permission denied}). @end table diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1 index 20a1c10..da51a52 100644 --- a/find/find.1 +++ b/find/find.1 @@ -1576,8 +1576,9 @@ File's type (like in .BR "ls \-l" ), U=unknown type (shouldn't happen) .IP %Y -File's type (like %y), plus follow symlinks: `L'=loop, `N'=nonexistent, `?' for -any other error when determining the type of the symlink target. +File's type (like %y), plus follow symbolic links: `L'=loop, `N'=nonexistent, +`?' for any other error when determining the type of the target of a symbolic +link. .IP %Z (SELinux only) file's security context. .IP "%{ %[ %(" |
