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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: symlink.7,v 1.10 2000/03/23 21:10:22 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: symlink.7,v 1.11 2000/03/24 03:28:37 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: symlink.7,v 1.4 1996/04/25 15:44:56 mycroft Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
.Sh NAME
.Nm symlink
.Nd symbolic link handling
-.Sh SYMBOLIC LINK HANDLING
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
Symbolic links are files that act as pointers to other files.
To understand their behavior, you must first understand how hard links
work.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Symbolic links encountered by utilities that are traversing a file tree
(either specified on the command line or encountered as part of the
file hierarchy walk).
.El
-.Ss System calls.
+.Ss System calls
The first area is symbolic links used as file name arguments for
system calls.
.Pp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ The
system call was added later when the limitations of the new
.Xr chown 2
became apparent.
-.Ss Commands not traversing a file tree.
+.Ss Commands not traversing a file tree
The second area is symbolic links, specified as command-line file
name arguments, to commands which are not traversing a file tree.
.Pp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ command follows symbolic links named as arguments if the
option is specified,
or if the
.Fl F ,
-.Fl d
+.Fl d ,
or
.Fl l
options are not specified.
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ The
.Bx 4.4
system differs from historical 4BSD systems in that the
.Nm chown ,
-.Nm chgrp
+.Nm chgrp ,
and
.Nm file
commands follow symbolic links specified on the command line.
-.Ss Commands traversing a file tree.
+.Ss Commands traversing a file tree
The following commands either optionally or always traverse file trees:
.Xr chflags 1 ,
.Xr chgrp 1 ,
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ The following commands either optionally or always traverse file trees:
.Xr ls 1 ,
.Xr pax 1 ,
.Xr rm 1 ,
-.Xr tar 1
+.Xr tar 1 ,
and
.Xr chown 8 .
.Pp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ physical name space.
.Pp
For commands that do not by default do file tree traversals, the
.Fl H ,
-.Fl L
+.Fl L ,
and
.Fl P
flags are ignored if the
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ flags are ignored if the
flag is not also specified.
In addition, you may specify the
.Fl H ,
-.Fl L
+.Fl L ,
and
.Fl P
options more than once; the last one specified determines the
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ The
.Nm rm
command does not support the
.Fl H ,
-.Fl L
+.Fl L ,
or
.Fl P
options.