1 This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of GNU find, xargs
2 and locate. GNU find was originally written by Eric Decker, with
3 enhancements by David MacKenzie, Jay Plett and Tim Wood. GNU xargs
4 was originally written by Mike Rendell, with enhancements by David
5 MacKenzie. GNU locate and its associated utilities were originally
6 written by James Woods, with enhancements by David MacKenzie. The
7 idea for `find -print0' and `xargs -0' came from Dan Bernstein.
9 This package was put together by Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.org>,
10 from sources obtained from:
11 ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/findutils-4.1.tar.gz
14 * added Debian GNU/Linux package maintenance system files
15 * added cron script to update `find.codes' database daily
16 * fixed locate, and removed declaration of various string functions
17 * add "--existing" option to locate to ignore files which no longer exist
19 GNU findutils are Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999,
20 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
22 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
23 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
24 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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29 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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35 On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
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