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authorBernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>2019-11-13 00:15:28 +0100
committerBernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>2019-11-13 00:17:36 +0100
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doc: use "symbolic link" instead of "symlink" consistently
* doc/find.texi (-printf): Change the shorter term "symlink" to "symbolic link" for consistency with the rest of the Texinfo manual and the man page. (%Y): Likewise. * find/find.1 (%Y): Likewise. Suggested by 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> in: https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-findutils/2019-11/msg00003.html
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@@ -1740,11 +1740,11 @@ the output, instead of @samp{-ls}'s backslash-escaped names. (Using
specifier; @pxref{Unusual Characters in File Names}). This format also
outputs a uniform timestamp format.
-As for symlinks, the format above outputs the symlink target on a second
-line, following @samp{\n->}. There is nothing following the arrow for
-non-symlinks. Another approach, for complete consistency, would be to
-@code{-fprintf} the symlinks into a separate file, so they too can be
-null-terminated.
+As for symbolic links, the format above outputs the target of the symbolic link
+on a second line, following @samp{\n->}. There is nothing following the arrow
+for file types other than symbolic links.
+Another approach, for complete consistency, would be to @code{-fprintf} the
+symbolic links into a separate file, so they too can be null-terminated.
@end deffn
@deffn Action -fprintf file format
@@ -1963,8 +1963,8 @@ link, @samp{l} will be printed.
Type of the file as used with @samp{-type}. If the file is a symbolic
link, it is dereferenced. If the file is a broken symbolic link,
@samp{N} is printed.
-When determining the type of the symlink target, and a loop is encountered,
-then @samp{L} is printed (e.g. for a symlink to itself);
+When determining the type of the target of a symbolic link, and a loop is
+encountered, then @samp{L} is printed (e.g. for a symbolic link to itself);
@samp{?} is printed for any other error (like e.g. @samp{permission denied}).
@end table