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diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7 index 0e665eb..0d322d1 100644 --- a/bin/ln/symlink.7 +++ b/bin/ln/symlink.7 @@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ it is a reference to the object underlying the original file name. Changes to a file are independent of the name used to reference the file. Hard links may not refer to directories and may not reference files -on different file systems. +on different filesystems. A symbolic link contains the name of the file to which it is linked, i.e. it is a pointer to another name, and not to an underlying object. For this reason, symbolic links may reference directories and may span -file systems. +filesystems. .Pp Because a symbolic link and its referenced object coexist in the filesystem name space, confusion can arise in distinguishing between the link itself |
