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| author | Tavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com> | 2023-08-15 14:30:17 -0400 |
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| committer | Tavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com> | 2023-08-15 14:30:17 -0400 |
| commit | d49e44a5e55d834a609753b113d6055a056c4091 (patch) | |
| tree | 5279965e317a3a8d16410c7bce9f12a0ead4832e /docs/bfs.1 | |
| parent | 83a1fab7371f59df7af4175d731590305fb149a1 (diff) | |
| download | bfs-d49e44a5e55d834a609753b113d6055a056c4091.tar.xz | |
docs/bfs.1: Clarify the effects of $POSIXLY_CORRECT
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@@ -811,10 +811,31 @@ Makes .B bfs conform more strictly to the POSIX.1-2017 specification for .BR find (1). -Currently this just disables warnings by default. +Currently this has two effects: +.RS +.IP \(bu +Disables warnings by default, because POSIX prohibits writing to standard error (except for the +.B \-ok +prompt), unless the command also fails with a non-zero exit status. +.IP \(bu +Makes +.B \-ls +and +.B \-fls +use 512-byte blocks instead of 1024-byte blocks. +(POSIX does not specify these actions, but BSD +.BR find (1) +implementations use 512-byte blocks, while GNU +.BR find (1) +uses 1024-byte blocks by default.) +.PP It does not disable .BR bfs 's various extensions to the base POSIX functionality. +.B POSIXLY_CORRECT +has the same effects on GNU +.BR find (1). +.RE .SH EXAMPLES .TP .B bfs |