From d40c857e0d3367205daa400d589a200a1776f876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ru Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 21:04:19 +0000 Subject: Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks. --- bin/ln/ln.1 | 6 ++++-- bin/ln/symlink.7 | 15 +++++++++------ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'bin/ln') diff --git a/bin/ln/ln.1 b/bin/ln/ln.1 index f438744..3f504ac 100644 --- a/bin/ln/ln.1 +++ b/bin/ln/ln.1 @@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ If the .Ar target_file or .Ar target_dir -is a symbolic link, do not follow it. This is most useful with the +is a symbolic link, do not follow it. +This is most useful with the .Fl f option, to replace a symlink which may point to a directory. .It Fl i @@ -123,7 +124,8 @@ the file. Hard links may not normally refer to directories and may not span file systems. .Pp A symbolic link contains the name of the file to -which it is linked. The referenced file is used when an +which it is linked. +The referenced file is used when an .Xr open 2 operation is performed on the link. A diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7 index eb2cffb..f637d33 100644 --- a/bin/ln/symlink.7 +++ b/bin/ln/symlink.7 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ file. Hard links may not refer to directories and may not reference files on different file systems. 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. +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. .Pp @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ would display the contents of the file .Dq Li afile . .Pp It is important to realize that this rule includes commands which may -optionally traverse file trees, e.g. the command +optionally traverse file trees, e.g.\& the command .Dq Li "chown file" is included in this rule, while the command .Dq Li "chown -R file" @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ The command is also an exception to this rule. For compatibility with historic systems (when .Nm ls -is not doing a tree walk, i.e. the +is not doing a tree walk, i.e., the .Fl R option is not specified), the @@ -224,7 +224,8 @@ or if the .Fl d or .Fl l -options are not specified. (The +options are not specified. +(The .Nm ls command is the only command where the .Fl H @@ -412,14 +413,16 @@ options. To maintain compatibility with historic systems, the .Nm ls -command acts a little differently. If you do not specify the +command acts a little differently. +If you do not specify the .Fl F , .Fl d or .Fl l options, .Nm ls -will follow symbolic links specified on the command line. If the +will follow symbolic links specified on the command line. +If the .Fl L flag is specified, .Nm ls -- cgit v1.1