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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-06-03 06:27:44 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-06-03 06:27:44 +0000
commit0213963bae0c7f931de1b1cd8d7a3bc6a10b6058 (patch)
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Add xref to lchown(2) and symlink(2).
Obtained from: {Net|Open}BSD
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diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7
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--- a/bin/ln/symlink.7
+++ b/bin/ln/symlink.7
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)symlink.7 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: symlink.7,v 1.4 1997/02/22 14:03:50 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd March 31, 1994
.Dt SYMLINK 7
@@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ the system call
would return a file descriptor to the file
.Dq afile .
.Pp
-There are four system calls that do not follow links, and which operate
+There are five system calls that do not follow links, and which operate
on the symbolic link itself.
They are:
+.Xr lchown 2 ,
.Xr lstat 2 ,
.Xr readlink 2 ,
.Xr rename 2 ,
@@ -136,7 +137,11 @@ The
.Bx 4.4
system differs from historical 4BSD systems in that the system call
.Xr chown 2
-has been changed to follow symbolic links.
+has been changed to follow symbolic links. The
+.Xr lchown 2
+system call was added later when the limitations of the new
+.Xr chown 2
+became apparent.
.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.
@@ -424,9 +429,11 @@ options.
.Xr pax 1 ,
.Xr rm 1 ,
.Xr tar 1 ,
+.Xr lchown 2 ,
.Xr lstat 2 ,
.Xr readlink 2 ,
.Xr rename 2 ,
+.Xr symlink 2 ,
.Xr unlink 2 ,
.Xr fts 3 ,
.Xr remove 3 ,
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