add documentation for "--existing" option

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/find.info b/doc/find.info
index ffd2b717..4d2344c3 100644
--- a/doc/find.info
+++ b/doc/find.info
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ Node: Numeric Modes76902
 Node: Reference78732
 Node: Invoking find79030
 Node: Invoking locate80077
-Node: Invoking updatedb80760
-Node: Invoking xargs82118
-Node: Primary Index85188
+Node: Invoking updatedb81006
+Node: Invoking xargs82364
+Node: Primary Index85434
 
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diff --git a/doc/find.info-2 b/doc/find.info-2
index c3b45d7d..e02df74f 100644
--- a/doc/find.info-2
+++ b/doc/find.info-2
@@ -875,6 +875,13 @@ Invoking `locate'
      `LOCATE_PATH' to set the list of database files to search.  The
      option overrides the environment variable if both are used.
 
+`--existing'
+`-e'
+     Only print out such names that currently exist (instead of such
+     names that existed when the database was created).  Note that this
+     may slow down the program a lot, if there are many matches in the
+     database.
+
 `--help'
      Print a summary of the options to `locate' and exit.
 
diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi
index 943a5cbc..debde66c 100644
--- a/doc/find.texi
+++ b/doc/find.texi
@@ -2069,6 +2069,13 @@ database file names.  You can also use the environment variable
 @code{LOCATE_PATH} to set the list of database files to search.  The
 option overrides the environment variable if both are used.
 
+@item --existing
+@itemx -e
+Only print out such names that currently exist (instead of such names
+that existed when the database was created).
+Note that this may slow down the program a lot, if there are many matches
+in the database.
+
 @item --help
 Print a summary of the options to @code{locate} and exit.