On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Ted Unangst <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 15:12, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>
>>>
>>>If you think my diff is too wordy, we could move the text around a
>>>bit, perhaps later in the section and say "-and and -or are
>>>alternatives to -a and -o" or such.
>>
>> For scripting stuff, we have tended to lean towards the "portable approach",
>> since such code gets used on other systems very often.
>
> Here's a revised diff against current. It just notes that the
> extension spellings are such.
>
> Index: find.1
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/find/find.1,v
> retrieving revision 1.89
> diff -u -p -r1.89 find.1
> --- find.1      3 Dec 2014 19:39:57 -0000       1.89
> +++ find.1      3 Dec 2014 22:40:18 -0000
> @@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ operator.
>  It evaluates to true if the expression is false.
>  .Pp
>  .It Ar expression Cm -a Ar expression
> -.It Ar expression Cm -and Ar expression
>  .It Ar expression expression
>  The logical AND operator.
>  As it is implied by the juxtaposition of two expressions it does not
> @@ -518,7 +517,6 @@ The expression evaluates to true if both
>  The second expression is not evaluated if the first expression is false.
>  .Pp
>  .It Ar expression Cm -o Ar expression
> -.It Ar expression Cm -or Ar expression
>  The logical OR operator.
>  The expression evaluates to true if either the first or the second expression
>  is true.
> @@ -529,6 +527,11 @@ Operators, primaries, and arguments to p
>  arguments to
>  .Nm find ,
>  i.e. they should be separated by whitespace.
> +.Pp
> +As an extension, the AND and OR operators may also be spelled
> +.Cm -and
> +and
> +.Cm -or .
>  .Sh EXIT STATUS
>  The
>  .Nm
>

I personally like jmc's existing version better. I feel like we
typically document the whole command as implemented on .Ox, and note
any extensions in the STANDARDS section as he's done. Deleting -and
and -or from the OPERATORS sections feels a bit
inconsistent/incomplete to me compared to other pages.

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