Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, "the directories named on the command line" within the CURRENT > directory. Technically, "." and ".." are entries within the current > directory (try: "od -c ."), and they have inode numbers too. But that does > not deter me from deeming it a bit counter-intuitive to consider ".." a > directory of the current directory. :) Especially in the context of > recursion.
The manpage explicitly mentions neither directories or recursion, so I think it doesn't deserve that criticism. But the manpage surely could be made more clear. Feel free to propose something to the Problem Reporting system, preferably with a patch or at least some replacement text. http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
