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 prep.ai.mit.edu:/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 Free Software
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38 On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
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