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authorEric Andersen1999-11-10 23:13:02 +0000
committerEric Andersen1999-11-10 23:13:02 +0000
commitd73dc5b07390fb90e7f605871c993a28eedf1d46 (patch)
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parent84d85680712573c7a8bd7d0491c3f944dc08ad10 (diff)
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Updates to usage, and made tar work.
-Erik
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diff --git a/find.c b/find.c
index ab9ebf4..0f1f5f1 100644
--- a/find.c
+++ b/find.c
@@ -32,9 +32,18 @@ static char* pattern=NULL;
static char* directory=".";
static int dereferenceFlag=FALSE;
-static const char find_usage[] = "find [path...] [expression]\n"
-"default path is the current directory; default expression is -print\n"
-"expression may consist of:\n";
+static const char find_usage[] = "find [PATH...] [EXPRESSION]\n\n"
+"Search for files in a directory hierarchy. The default PATH is\n"
+"the current directory; default EXPRESSION is '-print'\n\n"
+"\nEXPRESSION may consist of:\n"
+"\t-follow\n\t\tDereference symbolic links.\n"
+"\t-name PATTERN\n\t\tFile name (with leading directories removed) matches PATTERN.\n"
+"\t-print\n\t\tprint the full file name followed by a newline to stdout.\n\n"
+#if defined BB_REGEXP
+"This version of find matches full regular expresions.\n";
+#else
+"This version of find matches strings (not regular expresions).\n";
+#endif