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Diffstat (limited to 'bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/ln/symlink.7 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7 index 63e140d..bc707e3 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 1.4 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 |
