* find(-exec): Explain how exit status is propagated if the
-exec command {} + syntax is used.Reported at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1325049 --- find/find.1 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1 index c948b4b..2c228f8 100644 --- a/find/find.1 +++ b/find/find.1 @@ -1066,22 +1066,25 @@ option instead. .IP "\-exec \fIcommand\fR {} +" This variant of the .B \-exec action runs the specified command on the selected files, but the command line is built by appending each selected file name at the end; the total number of invocations of the command will be much less than the number of matched files. The 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, the +.B find +utility 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 at all. This variant of .B \-exec always returns true. .IP "\-execdir \fIcommand\fR ;" .IP "\-execdir \fIcommand\fR {} +" Like .BR \-exec , -- 2.7.3
