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diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7 index 50cdbbcc2ff..7275551ad71 100644 --- a/bin/ln/symlink.7 +++ b/bin/ln/symlink.7 @@ -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. |