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| -rw-r--r-- | bin/ln/symlink.7 | 19 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7 index bc707e3..e183358 100644 --- 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: symlink.7,v 1.5 1997/06/03 06:27:44 charnier Exp $ +.\" $Id: symlink.7,v 1.6 1997/06/14 18:44:03 jdp Exp $ .\" .Dd March 31, 1994 .Dt SYMLINK 7 @@ -121,17 +121,12 @@ is an alias for .Xr unlink 2 , it also does not follow symbolic links. .Pp -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), -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 -(including historic implementations of 4BSD), implement symbolic links -such that they have the same attributes as any other file. +The owner and group of an existing symbolic link can be changed by +means of the +.Xr lchown 2 +system call. +The other file attributes, such as the modification time and access +permissions, are not used by the system and cannot be changed. .Pp The .Bx 4.4 |
