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| author | Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> | 2016-04-17 22:36:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de> | 2016-04-18 11:47:47 +0200 |
| commit | ae424b959c5e9bd23f9f686cb34653bc4cd1270e (patch) | |
| tree | 6fee39347014f46ac6ea8ab065412ba214e85ba7 | |
| parent | 9333e22e91b68107a9608b80d611ef9b8b2286e1 (diff) | |
| download | findutils-ae424b95.tar.gz | |
doc: clarify exit status handling of -exec command {} +
* find/find.1 (-exec): Explain how exit status is propagated if the
-exec command {} + syntax is used.
(-execdir): Likewise.
Reported at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1325049
| -rw-r--r-- | find/find.1 | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1 index 7b626b5..8958085 100644 --- a/find/find.1 +++ b/find/find.1 @@ -1077,6 +1077,9 @@ command line is built in much the same way that .B xargs builds its command lines. Only one instance of `{}' is allowed within the command. The command is executed in the starting directory. If +any invocation returns a non-zero value as exit status, then +.B find +returns a non-zero exit status. If .B find encounters an error, this can sometimes cause an immediate exit, so some pending commands may not be run @@ -1112,6 +1115,9 @@ appropriately-named file in a directory in which you will run The same applies to having entries in .B $PATH which are empty or which are not absolute directory names. If +any invocation returns a non-zero value as exit status, then +.B find +returns a non-zero exit status. If .B find encounters an error, this can sometimes cause an immediate exit, so some pending commands may not be run |
