forwarded 633505 linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx thanks Hi, On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 10:30:43PM +0100, James Youngman wrote: > Package: manpages-dev > Version: 3.27-1 > Severity: minor > > > The descriptions of the effects of FTS_LOGICAL and FTS_PHISICAL in the > subsection entitled fts_open() are correct. But the DESCRIPTION > section is incorrect. It says: > > It is possible to walk the hierarchy "logically" (ignoring symbolic > links) or physically (visiting symbolic links), order the walk of > the hierarchy or prune and/or revisit portions of the hierarchy. > > This is not accurate. Symbolic links are never ignored. Here is a > clearer description: > > It is possible to walk the hierarchy "logically" (visiting the files > that symbolic links point to, like "find -L") or "physically" > (visiting the symbolic links themselves instead, like "find -P") , > order the walk of the hierarchy or prune and/or revisit portions of > the hierarchy. Thanks for the report James, confirmed by test, patch a bit modified and forwarded upstream. -- Simon Paillard
diff --git a/man3/fts.3 b/man3/fts.3 index 1c49155..6eedd4e 100644 --- a/man3/fts.3 +++ b/man3/fts.3 @@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ In general, directories are visited two distinguishable times; in preorder (before any of their descendants are visited) and in postorder (after all of their descendants have been visited). Files are visited once. -It is possible to walk the hierarchy "logically" (ignoring symbolic links) -or physically (visiting symbolic links), order the walk of the hierarchy or +It is possible to walk the hierarchy "logically" (visiting the files that +symbolic links point to) +or physically (visiting the symbolic links themselves), order the walk of the +hierarchy or prune and/or revisit portions of the hierarchy. .PP Two structures are defined (and typedef'd) in the include file
