Re: man find: unify symlink / symbolic link

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 2019-11-10 00:37, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> On man find, the only line that talks about "symlinks" is
> 
> 
>               %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.
> 
> All the many rest on that page call them symbolic links. So this one
> should too, else searching for one misses the other, yes even if it is
> common knowledge that they are the same.

Good spot.

Fixed in 'find.1' - and additionally in 2 places in the Texinfo manual -
with the attached patch.
WDYT?

Have a nice day,
Berny

0001-doc-use-symbolic-link-instead-of-symlink-consistentl.patch
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