On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 07:21:36PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Given the task of finding how -wholename pattern matching works, I > would start by reading the manpage description of the test: > > Wondering what "shell pattern" exactly means, I would simply search > the manpage for "shell pattern" und find quickly When I search for "shell pattern", it turns out that on my terminal it doesn't match because groff (or whatever man is) renders a space between "shell" and "pattern" so that the justification is correct. I think you're assuming too much. It would only add a few words to the -wholename description to mention that "shell pattern" means "fnmatch" instead of having to hunt all over the man page. I don't think man pages should value brevity about all else, they should allow the user to find what they need to know as quickly as possible, which is a different goal.
> doc/manpages-dev > <http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=fnmatch.3&searchmode=searchword&case=insensitive&version=stable&arch=i386> I wonder why auto-apt doesn't find this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
