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| author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-12-08 11:33:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-12-08 11:33:02 +0000 |
| commit | a9654d8564d3b4e3e31f62c6084cfdfd7fc313dd (patch) | |
| tree | 780a6b5c3c348044895d14fbdbd3710bd4678183 /bin/ls | |
| parent | 82053b4c4bb87f2fcddcc76a052b17f6a8059042 (diff) | |
use POSIX description of -L, since it's much clearer;
ok henning@
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/ls')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/ls/ls.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1 index b8d03510ed1..89bd2c5c330 100644 --- a/bin/ls/ls.1 +++ b/bin/ls/ls.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ls.1,v 1.39 2003/09/02 18:09:43 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ls.1,v 1.40 2003/12/08 11:33:01 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: ls.1,v 1.14 1995/12/05 02:44:01 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 @@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ and a vertical bar .Pq Sq \&| after each that is a FIFO. .It Fl L -If argument is a symbolic link, list the file or directory the link references -rather than the link itself. +If argument is a symbolic link, evaluate the file information and file type +to be those of the file referenced by the link, and not the link itself; +however, +.Nm +writes the name of the link itself and not the file referenced by the link. .It Fl R Recursively list subdirectories encountered. .It Fl S |