bugfindutils - Bugs: bug #22920, Typo in manpage regarding \0 escape

 
 

bug #22920: Typo in manpage regarding \0 escape

Submitter:  Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Submitted:  Tue 15 Apr 2008 05:43:58 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  documentation Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  jay
Originator Name:  Ph. Marek Open/Closed:  Closed
Release:  4.4.0 Fixed Release:  4.4.2
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Sun 07 Sep 2008 03:25:41 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Release in 4.5.2.   No 4.4.x release currently includes this fix yet.

James Youngman <jay>
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Wed 16 Apr 2008 09:31:43 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Fixed in 4.4.x and 4.5.x

James Youngman <jay>
Group administrator
Tue 15 Apr 2008 05:43:58 PM UTC, original submission:  

This is http://bugs.debian.org/476218 reported by Ph. Marek:

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There's a bug in the manual page regarding the escape sequences; it's not "\", it's "\0".
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Here's a patch:


# diff -u find.1.orig find.1
--- find.1.orig 2008-04-03 19:41:22.000000000 +0200
+++ find.1      2008-04-15 08:51:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@
 Horizontal tab.
 .IP \ev
 Vertical tab.
-.IP \e\0
+.IP \e0
 ASCII NUL.
 .IP \e\e
 A literal backslash (`\e').

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thanks, cu andreas


Andreas Metzler <ametzler>

 

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2009-07-06 jay Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Fixed ReleaseNone 4.4.2
        SummaryTypo in manpage regarding \\0 escape Typo in manpage regarding \0 escape
    2008-09-07 jay SummaryTypo in manpage regarding \\0 escape Typo in manpage regarding \0 escape
    2008-04-16 jay StatusNone Fixed
        Assigned toNone jay
        SummaryTypo in manpage regarding \\0 escape Typo in manpage regarding \0 escape
    2008-04-15 ametzler Carbon-CopyRemoved 20807 -

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