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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-04-17 23:20:53 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-04-17 23:20:53 +0000
commit79cbf5925cdc03bcbd9fbabde1a5f9617fade6e3 (patch)
tree6ac9af8d2d3573f53d368cdd70a750eff554960e
parent3280967bdbe07417c8b761025378c47d9114a538 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-79cbf5925cdc03bcbd9fbabde1a5f9617fade6e3.tar.xz
(What information is listed): Add P for Solaris
10 ports. Add commented-out entries for other types that POSIX says are possible, or that I observed in FreeBSD documentation.
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi18
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 5cd73b845..caea3f466 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -5769,6 +5769,8 @@ this is arguably a deficiency.
The file type is one of the following characters:
+@c The commented-out entries are ones we're not sure about.
+
@table @samp
@item -
regular file
@@ -5781,19 +5783,31 @@ high performance (``contiguous data'') file
@item d
directory
@item D
-door
+door (Solaris 2.5 and up)
+@c @item F
+@c semaphore, if this is a distinct file type
@item l
symbolic link
@c @item m
-@c multiplexed character special file (7th edition Unix; obsolete)
+@c multiplexed file (7th edition Unix; obsolete)
@item M
off-line (``migrated'') file (Cray DMF)
@item n
network special file (HP-UX)
@item p
FIFO (named pipe)
+@item P
+port (Solaris 10 and up)
+@c @item Q
+@c message queue, if this is a distinct file type
@item s
socket
+@c @item S
+@c shared memory object, if this is a distinct file type
+@c @item T
+@c typed memory object, if this is a distinct file type
+@c @item w
+@c whiteout (4.4BSD; not implemented)
@item ?
some other file type
@end table