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authorjh <jh@FreeBSD.org>2013-07-12 06:03:25 +0000
committerjh <jh@FreeBSD.org>2013-07-12 06:03:25 +0000
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parenta243c0eb2c19b0f1cbfa3233f53bf61ab2149e05 (diff)
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Clarify how "hide" and "unhide" commands work on directories.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
index 6e0c210..8bbdfcc 100644
--- a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
+++ b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd April 21, 2013
+.Dd July 12, 2013
.Dt DEVFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ Nodes may later be revived manually with
or with the
.Cm unhide
action.
+Hiding a directory node effectively hides all of its child nodes.
.It Cm include Ar ruleset
Apply all the rules in ruleset number
.Ar ruleset
@@ -213,6 +214,8 @@ which may be a user name
or number.
.It Cm unhide
Unhide the node.
+If the node resides in a subdirectory,
+all parent directory nodes must be visible to be able to access the node.
.El
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
Rulesets are created by the kernel at the first reference
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