[Findutils-patches] Re: [PATCH] Savannah bug #23920: warn about -path arguments ending in /.

[Eric Blake]

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According to James Youngman on 7/12/2009 2:58 PM:
> +
> +Find  compares  the  @samp{-path} argument with the concatenation of a

What's with the spacing here?

> +directory name and the base name of the file it’s considering.

Use ', not a UTF apostrophe; the texinfo program will use the correct
symbol later on.

> +Since the concatenation will never end with a slash, @samp{-path}
> +arguments ending in @samp{/} will match  nothing  (except  perhaps  a

More weird spacing.

> +start point specified on the command line).
> +
> +The name @samp{-wholename} is GNU-specific, but @samp{-path} is more
> +portable; it is supported by HP-UX @code{find} and will soon be part
> +of POSIX.

It _is_ part of POSIX 2008, which was released last year.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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