[Findutils-patches] [PATCH 01/19] Applied doc patch from Stepan Kasal (backport)

[James Youngman]

---
 ChangeLog     |    5 +++++
 doc/find.texi |   17 ++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f733d3..db80680 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-10  Stepan Kasal  <address@hidden>
+
+       Backport a fix from 4.5.x.
+       * doc/find.texi (Cleaning Up): Move the note about -depth up.
+
 2008-12-23  James Youngman  <address@hidden>
 
        Fix Savannah bug #25154: Failure to compile with GCC-2.95.4
diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi
index 937c0fd..56d3e32 100644
--- a/doc/find.texi
+++ b/doc/find.texi
@@ -3865,10 +3865,18 @@ when an update requires a merge:
 find . -name '.#*' -print0 | xargs -0r rm -f
 @end example
 
-The command above works, but the following is safer:
+If your @code{find} command removes directories, you may find that
+you get a spurious error message when @code{find} tries to recurse
+into a directory that has now been removed.  Using the @samp{-depth}
+option will normally resolve this problem.
+
address@hidden What does the following sentence mean? Why is -delete safer? 
--kasal
address@hidden The command above works, but the following is safer:
+
+It is also possible to use the @samp{-delete} action:
 
 @example
-find . -name '.#*' -depth -delete
+find . -depth -name '.#*' -delete
 @end example
 
 @c Idea from Franc,ois Pinard.
@@ -3881,11 +3889,6 @@ which shell you use).
 find /tmp -depth -user "$LOGNAME" -type f -delete
 @end example
 
-If your @code{find} command removes directories, you may find that
-you get a spurious error message when @code{find} tries to recurse
-into a directory that has now been removed.  Using the @samp{-depth}
-option will normally resolve this problem.
-
 @c Idea from Noah Friedman.
 To remove old Emacs backup and auto-save files, you can use a command
 like the following.  It is especially important in this case to use
-- 
1.5.6.5