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Clarify and correct some compatibility notes.

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Dag-Erling Smørgrav 2004-04-21 00:42:55 +00:00
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@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ If the referenced file does not exist, the file information and type will
be for the link itself.
File information of all symbolic links not on
the command line is that of the link itself.
This is a suitable replacement for the archaic
.Ic -follow
option.
.It Fl L
Cause the file information and file type (see
.Xr stat 2 )
@ -92,6 +89,10 @@ returned for each symbolic link to be those of the file referenced by the
link, not the link itself.
If the referenced file does not exist, the file information and type will
be for the link itself.
.Pp
This option is equivalent to the deprecated
.Ic -follow
primary.
.It Fl P
Cause the file information and file type (see
.Xr stat 2 )
@ -131,6 +132,10 @@ visits directories in pre\-order, i.e., before their contents.
Note, the default is
.Em not
a breadth\-first traversal.
.Pp
This option is equivalent to the deprecated
.Ic -depth
primary.
.It Fl f
Specify a file hierarchy for
.Nm
@ -152,6 +157,10 @@ Prevent
.Nm
from descending into directories that have a device number different
than that of the file from which the descent began.
.Pp
This option is equivalent to the deprecated
.Ic -xdev
primary.
.El
.Sh PRIMARIES
.Bl -tag -width indent
@ -747,9 +756,12 @@ command to print out a list of all the files.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
The
.Ic -follow
option has been deprecated;
.Fl H
is considered to be a suitable replacement.
primary is deprecated; the
.Fl L
option should be used instead.
See the
.Sx STANDARDS
section below for details.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chflags 1 ,
.Xr chmod 1 ,
@ -781,7 +793,7 @@ primaries are extensions to
.St -p1003.2 .
.Pp
Historically, the
.Fl d , H
.Fl d , L
and
.Fl x
options were implemented using the primaries
@ -823,10 +835,11 @@ it appears.
.Pp
The
.Fl E
option was implemented on the analogy of
option was inspired by the equivalent
.Xr grep 1
and
.Xr sed 1 .
.Xr sed 1
options.
.Sh BUGS
The special characters used by
.Nm