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authorjdp <jdp@FreeBSD.org>1997-06-14 18:44:03 +0000
committerjdp <jdp@FreeBSD.org>1997-06-14 18:44:03 +0000
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Update some text to reflect the fact that symbolic links now have
owner and group attributes.
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diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7
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+++ b/bin/ln/symlink.7
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)symlink.7 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
-.\" $Id: symlink.7,v 1.4 1997/02/22 14:03:50 peter Exp $
+.\" $Id: symlink.7,v 1.5 1997/06/03 06:27:44 charnier Exp $
.\"
.Dd March 31, 1994
.Dt SYMLINK 7
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ is an alias for
.Xr unlink 2 ,
it also does not follow symbolic links.
.Pp
-Unlike other filesystem objects, symbolic links do not have an owner,
-group, permissions, access and modification times, etc.
+Although symbolic links have owner and group attributes, they
+do not have permissions, access and modification times, etc.
The only attributes returned from an
.Xr lstat 2
that refer to the symbolic link itself are the file type (S_IFLNK),
-size, blocks, and link count (always 1).
+owner, group, size, blocks, and link count (always 1).
The other attributes are filled in from the directory that contains
the link.
For portability reasons, you should be aware that other implementations
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