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find(1): Move description of -d option to -depth primary.

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The nullary -depth primary is standard and the -d option provides little
advantage.

PR:		docs/168885
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Jilles Tjoelker 2012-06-13 21:53:40 +00:00
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@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)find.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd May 6, 2012
.Dd June 13, 2012
.Dt FIND 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -126,36 +126,15 @@ as an effective alternative.
.It Fl d
Cause
.Nm
to perform a depth-first traversal, i.e., directories
are visited in post-order and all entries in a directory will be acted
on before the directory itself.
By default,
.Nm
visits directories in pre-order, i.e., before their contents.
Note, the default is
.Em not
a breadth-first traversal.
to perform a depth-first traversal.
.Pp
This option is the BSD-specific equivalent of the
This option is a BSD-specific equivalent of the
.Ic -depth
primary of
primary specified by
.St -p1003.1-2001 .
The
.Fl d
option
can be useful when
.Nm
is used with
.Xr cpio 1
to process files that are contained in directories with unusual permissions.
It ensures that you have write permission while you are placing files in a
directory, then sets the directory's permissions as the last thing.
.It Fl f
Specify a file hierarchy for
.Nm
to traverse.
File hierarchies may also be specified as the operands immediately
following the options.
Refer to its description under
.Sx PRIMARIES
for more information.
.It Fl s
Cause
.Nm
@ -327,8 +306,29 @@ Following symlinks is incompatible with this option.
Always true;
same as the non-portable
.Fl d
option. Refer to the primary description of
.Ic -depth for full information.
option.
Cause
.Nm
to perform a depth-first traversal, i.e., directories
are visited in post-order and all entries in a directory will be acted
on before the directory itself.
By default,
.Nm
visits directories in pre-order, i.e., before their contents.
Note, the default is
.Em not
a breadth-first traversal.
.Pp
The
.Ic -depth
primary
can be useful when
.Nm
is used with
.Xr cpio 1
to process files that are contained in directories with unusual permissions.
It ensures that you have write permission while you are placing files in a
directory, then sets the directory's permissions as the last thing.
.It Ic -depth Ar n
True if the depth of the file relative to the starting point of the traversal
is