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| author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-02-11 21:09:09 -0700 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-02-11 21:26:51 -0700 |
| commit | 022889a4575390b656abf89b0e8f43ef03c1cc00 (patch) | |
| tree | 73c001b0582d5e7e8012ad7a786c22c1f0100c33 /src/ln.c | |
| parent | ls: clean up after wrapped+colored file names with clear-to-EOL (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-022889a4575390b656abf89b0e8f43ef03c1cc00.tar.gz coreutils-022889a4575390b656abf89b0e8f43ef03c1cc00.zip | |
ln: add details to --help text
* src/ln.c (usage): Mention more about symlink properties.
* doc/coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Likewise.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Vitali Lovich.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/ln.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/ln.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* `ln' program to create links between files. - Copyright (C) 1986, 1989-1991, 1995-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1986, 1989-1991, 1995-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME.\n\ In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory.\n\ In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.\n\ Create hard links by default, symbolic links with --symbolic.\n\ -When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist.\n\ +When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. Symbolic links\n\ +can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative link is\n\ +interpreted in relation to its parent directory.\n\ \n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ |