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Re: Strange `find` syntax error in crosstool-ng


2008/1/28, Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com>:
> On 28 January 2008 12:52, Michael Abbott wrote:
> > I expect that's another new extension: my `man find` has never heard of
> > -delete either and I get the message
> >       find: invalid predicate `-delete'
> > if I try to use it.
>
>   Well, that would certainly count as some kind of portability issue!

Yes, I learnt "find" syntax in the 80s, and -delete is a newcomer,
like -exec ... +".
However -exec rm {} \; was always there, so will surely be everywhere.

    M

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