[Bug 1026586] Re: oldfind isn't documented

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Title:
  oldfind isn't documented

Status in “findutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “findutils” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  findutils includes /usr/bin/oldfind, but the manpage doesn't give any
  indication as to what this is for.

  /usr/share/man/man1/oldfind.1.gz is a symlink to find.1.gz, so typing
  man oldfind just displays find(1), which doesn't contain the text
  ‘oldfind’ anywhere in it.

  The NEWS.gz file mentions it in the changes for version 4.4.1, but it
  should be documented in a less transient place. And as a user it
  doesn't help anyway: I don't know what fts() is, or under what
  circumstances I should use oldfind instead of find.

  Please make man oldfind give information on what oldfind is for.
  Thanks.

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