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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-10-15 07:43:04 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-10-15 07:43:04 +0000
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(ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F
probably won't work even for superuser.
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@@ -7091,7 +7091,9 @@ Make a backup of each file that would otherwise be overwritten or removed.
@opindex -F
@opindex --directory
@cindex hard links to directories
-Allow the super-user to make hard links to directories.
+Allow the super-user to attempt to make hard links to directories.
+However, note that this will probably fail due to
+system restrictions, even for the super-user.
@item -f
@itemx --force