bugfindutils - Bugs: bug #23760, Typo in find.1: seach -> search

 
 

bug #23760: Typo in find.1: seach -> search

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Thu 03 Jul 2008 09:05:50 PM UTC  
 
Category: documentationSeverity: 2 - Minor
Item Group: NoneStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: James Youngman <jay>
Originator Name: Bobby R. WardOriginator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 4.4.0
Fixed Release: 4.5.2

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Mon 04 Aug 2008 08:44:28 PM UTC, comment #1:

Fixed in the 4.4.x and the 4.5.x trees. Thanks.

James Youngman <jay>
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Thu 03 Jul 2008 09:05:50 PM UTC, original submission:

From Launchpad

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/202431

In man page of "find" (man find), second paragraph in section DESCRIPTION, I see:

"[...] if you are using it to seach directories [...]"

seach should obviously be "search".

Here's the relevant patch.

--- find.1.orig 2008-07-03 20:40:42.000000000 +0000
+++ find.1 2008-07-03 20:40:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
If you are using
.B find
in an environment where security is important (for example if you are
-using it to seach directories that are writable by other users), you
+using it to search directories that are writable by other users), you
should read the "Security Considerations" chapter of the findutils
documentation, which is called \fBFinding Files\fP and comes with
findutils. That document also includes a lot more detail

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file #15990:  find.1-seach_typo.patch added by None (692B - application/octet-stream)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sun 07 Sep 2008 03:18:56 PM UTCjayOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
      Fixed ReleaseNone=>4.5.2
    Mon 04 Aug 2008 08:44:28 PM UTCjaySeverity3 - Normal=>2 - Minor
      StatusNone=>Fixed
      Assigned toNone=>jay
    Thu 03 Jul 2008 09:05:50 PM UTCNoneAttached File-=>Added find.1-seach_typo.patch, #15990

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