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Package: findutils
Version: 4.4.2-3
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/share/man/man1/find.1.gz
The find manpage says:
> %h Leading directories of file's name (all but the last element).
> If the file name contains no slashes (since it is in the current
> directory) the %h specifier expands to ".".
Please consider using the standard term "dirname" in this description,
to make it easier to find.
Thanks,
Josh Triplett
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages findutils depends on:
ii dpkg 1.16.1.2
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-8
ii libc6 2.13-24
findutils recommends no packages.
Versions of packages findutils suggests:
pn mlocate | locate <none>
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.8.0-1
On 2012-01-04 Josh Triplett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: findutils
> Version: 4.4.2-3
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/share/man/man1/find.1.gz
> The find manpage says:
> > %h Leading directories of file's name (all but the last element).
> > If the file name contains no slashes (since it is in the current
> > directory) the %h specifier expands to ".".
> Please consider using the standard term "dirname" in this description,
> to make it easier to find.
Nowadays the paragraph reads:
h Dirname; the Leading directories of the file's name (all
but the last element). If the file name contains no
slashes (since it is in the current directory) the %h
specifier expands to `.'.
cu Andreas
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