In article <36a0fc11.8b22d...@cybercable.fr>,
Thierry Herbelot  <herbe...@cybercable.fr> wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I was reading the man page for find(1), looking for the precise option
> to follow symbolic links.
> 
> This option is -follow, of course, but it is not described in the man
> page

Huh?  The correct options are the first three options described in
the man page:

 -H      The -H option causes the file information and file type (see
         stat(2)) returned for each symbolic link specified on the command
         line to be those of the file referenced by the link, not the link
         itself.  If the referenced file does not exist, the file informa-
         tion and type will be for the link itself.  File information of
         all symbolic links not on the command line is that of the link
         itself.

 -L      The -L option causes the file information and file type (see
         stat(2)) returned for each symbolic link to be those of the file
         referenced by the link, not the link itself.  If the referenced
         file does not exist, the file information and type will be for
         the link itself.

 -P      The -P option causes the file information and file type (see
         stat(2)) returned for each symbolic link to be those of the link
         itself.  This is the default.

John
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