Document that File::Find doesn't follow symlinks
authorGreg Ward <greg@bic.mni.mcgill.ca>
Fri, 5 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000 (00:00 +0000)
committerTim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
Fri, 5 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000 (00:00 +0000)
commit0530a6c41577c95e7ef7bf1e372d4ed138dc02f3
tree118560be710fa3d26b2a337a98ce480d6cd64472
parent918d12b9653da066e0713a14d5129c04c81eb1e7
Document that File::Find doesn't follow symlinks

Subject: following symlinks with File::Find

The behaviour of File::Find with respect to symbolic links is inconsistent
between Perl 5.002/5.003 and 5.004_02.  Since 5.004_02's behaviour (don't
follow symlinks) is more consistent with `find' itself, this is probably
more of a documentation bug -- i.e., the File::Find man page should
mention that 1) it doesn't follow symlinks, and 2) previous versions
did, so watch out!

p5p-msgid: 199708191853.OAA07111@bottom.bic.mni.mcgill.ca
lib/File/Find.pm