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diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1 index 8b67ae38..f5542467 100644 --- a/find/find.1 +++ b/find/find.1 @@ -1009,6 +1009,11 @@ command line is built in much the same way that .B xargs builds its command lines. Only one instance of `{}' is allowed within the command. The command is executed in the starting directory. +If +.B find +encounters an error, this can sometimes cause an +immediate exit, so some pending commands may not be run +at all. .IP "\-execdir \fIcommand\fR ;" .IP "\-execdir \fIcommand\fR {} +" @@ -1038,6 +1043,11 @@ appropriately-named file in a directory in which you will run The same applies to having entries in .B $PATH which are empty or which are not absolute directory names. +If +.B find +encounters an error, this can sometimes cause an +immediate exit, so some pending commands may not be run +at all. .IP "\-fls \fIfile\fR" True; like @@ -1977,6 +1987,16 @@ description, but if the return value is non-zero, you should not rely on the correctness of the results of .BR find . +When some error occurs, +.B find +may stop immeidately, without completing all the actions specified. +For example, some starting points may not have been examined or some +pending program invocations for +.B \-exec ... {} + +or +.B \-execdir ... {} + +may not have been performed. + .SH "SEE ALSO" \fBlocate\fP(1), \fBlocatedb\fP(5), \fBupdatedb\fP(1), \fBxargs\fP(1), \fBchmod\fP(1), \fBfnmatch\fP(3), \fBregex\fP(7), \fBstat\fP(2), |