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| author | Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de> | 2021-11-24 01:57:35 +0100 |
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| committer | Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de> | 2021-11-27 23:21:06 +0100 |
| commit | 4ddb092de66a4186a097de5ab8390b2e7d167efb (patch) | |
| tree | ac6d9db247cfbd63386d9f7b6f0209a042e5e0fa /doc/find.texi | |
| parent | f16272db43c9d811c1b946ec8262651d43619573 (diff) | |
| download | findutils-4ddb092de66a4186a097de5ab8390b2e7d167efb.tar.gz | |
find: allow -files0-from input file to be empty
Do no longer output an error diagnostic when the input file of
the -files0-from option is empty.
* find/ftsfind.c (process_all_startpoints): Remove error diagnostic.
* doc/find.texi (node Starting points): Adjust documentation.
* find/find.1: Likewise.
* tests/find/files0-from.sh: Adjust test.
Suggested by Stephane Chazelas in
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60383#comment11
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/find.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/find.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi index 69572b78..8a12898e 100644 --- a/doc/find.texi +++ b/doc/find.texi @@ -410,8 +410,12 @@ The starting points in @file{file} have to be separated by ASCII NUL characters. Two consecutive NUL characters, i.e., a starting point with a Zero-length file name is not allowed and will lead to an error diagnostic followed by a non-Zero exit code later. -The given @file{file} has to contain at least one starting point, -i.e., an empty input file will be diagnosed as well. + +In the case the given @file{file} is empty, @code{find} does not process any +starting point and therefore will exit immediately after parsing the program +arguments. +This is unlike the standard invocation where @code{find} assumes the current +directory as starting point if no path argument is passed. The processing of the starting points is otherwise as usual, e.g. @code{find} will recurse into subdirectories unless otherwise prevented. |