[bug #26217] argument parsing bug with -regex .... \; without preceding -exec

[James Youngman]

Update of bug #26217 (project findutils):

                  Status:                    None => Invalid                
                 Summary: argument parsing bug with -regex => argument
parsing bug with -regex .... ; without preceding -exec

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Thanks for the detailed bug report.  However, many of the options you used
make no difference to the problem.  You can reduce it to this case:

$ find /home/mysql/olddbroots     -ls ';'
find: paths must precede expression: ;
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D
help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression]

The problem is that the directory/file start points need to be specified
before the tests on the command line.  Since ";" does not begin with "-" it is
assumed to be a start point rather than a test, but start points don't belong
at that position in the command line.   In other words, just remove the ;. 
The only reason you need to use ; in the -exec case is that the ; marks the
end of the arguments to -exec.


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