From 8ebc7b7d49b12ff400b07588a8e27ccdf7b9eeb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jdp Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 18:44:03 +0000 Subject: Update some text to reflect the fact that symbolic links now have owner and group attributes. --- bin/ln/symlink.7 | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'bin/ln') 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 -- cgit v1.1