On 04/13/2016 03:07 PM, Kamil Dudka wrote:
> * find(-exec): Explain how exit status is propagated if the
> -exec command {} + syntax is used.
>
> Reported at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1325049
Thanks for the report and the patch.
I thought this was already documented somewhere, but obviously not
in the man page (probably in the Texinfo manual).
> ---
> 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
s/the$/then/
> +.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 ,
>
The same applies to -execdir (which should be preferred anyway).
I've added that in the attached, and adjusted the commit message
to GNU standards. I'll push that in your name soon.
Thanks & have a nice day,
Berny
>From 04acdcac0cbeeea4f38a6450b151cd3e750253a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamil Dudka <kdu...@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:36:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 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
---
find/find.1 | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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
--
2.1.4
