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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-12 10:08:52 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-12 10:08:52 +0000
commitad0b8e41c7bcedcc8b16e4fe5f38f5a7ee7a4c4c (patch)
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parent784213457bdde39ee310bd61b3533b88e64102a3 (diff)
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- Improve description of the -A option.
- Document how whiteouts look in the long output. [1] - Sort entry types. - Fix description of the socket type. PR: docs/51921 [1]
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-rw-r--r--bin/ls/ls.119
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index 8a03fcd..66d8687 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)ls.1 8.7 (Berkeley) 7/29/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 24, 2006
+.Dd October 12, 2006
.Dt LS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ lexicographical order.
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl A
-List all entries except for
+Include directory entries whose names begin with a
+dot
+.Pq Sq Pa \&.
+except for
.Pa \&.
and
.Pa .. .
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ Display each file's MAC label; see
.It Fl a
Include directory entries whose names begin with a
dot
-.Pq Pa \&. .
+.Pq Sq Pa \&. .
.It Fl b
As
.Fl B ,
@@ -364,6 +367,8 @@ The entry type character describes the type of file, as
follows:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact
+.It Sy \-
+Regular file.
.It Sy b
Block special file.
.It Sy c
@@ -372,12 +377,12 @@ Character special file.
Directory.
.It Sy l
Symbolic link.
-.It Sy s
-Socket link.
.It Sy p
.Tn FIFO .
-.It Sy \-
-Regular file.
+.It Sy s
+Socket.
+.It Sy w
+Whiteout.
.El
.Pp
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