Note:
Some of the links in this file point to online documents which require additional
installation.
This package contains the GNU find, xargs, and locate programs. find and xargs comply with POSIX 1003.2, as far as I know. They also support some additional options, some borrowed from Unix and some unique to GNU.
GNU find is an improved version of the standard UNIX find. Its main advantages are:
It is normally much faster: it saves stat operations by taking advantage of the fact that for every leaf directory, nlinks == 2. and by rearranging predicates.
It is more friendly because it uses a lot of built in defaults.
For example you may just type:
find
Instead of the longer:
find
See the man pages for further details.
GNU packages are distributed under the FSF (Free Software Foundation) "Copyleft" which includes the GPL (GNU public license) and the Library GPL.
The GNU findutils were written and enhanced over the years by scores of people on the net.
Suggestions and bug reports for these programs can be mailed to:
bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.
Builder Notice(s):
Built and packaged for SGI by Ariel Faigon who is afraid emails for support would have to be silently ignored. Patches and constructive suggestions for improvement are welcome.
All of the subsystems for this product can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.
This software is compatible with IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x.