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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-04-10 16:41:14 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-04-10 16:41:14 +0000
commit7f3e23a1898a0615eeb5dd1112b25a4d74706004 (patch)
treea84cb60923f77ed681bcfe3f4fc3053216437320 /doc
parent357066c663b2c04d84d4aa31f8aa859bf2aff620 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-7f3e23a1898a0615eeb5dd1112b25a4d74706004.tar.xz
(readlink invocation): Tweak description a little.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index eb5be5e17..2a992dc2a 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -5293,6 +5293,11 @@ were specified before the @option{-f}).
Reverse whatever the sorting method is---e.g., list files in reverse
alphabetical order, youngest first, smallest first, or whatever.
+@itemx --sort=directory
+@opindex --sort
+@opindex directories@r{, sorting files by}
+Show directories first, then other files.
+
@item -S
@itemx --sort=size
@opindex -S
@@ -7289,14 +7294,14 @@ of departure. @xref{File permissions}.
@command{readlink} outputs the value of the given symbolic link.
If @command{readlink} is invoked with an argument other than the pathname
-of a symbolic link, it exits with a non-zero exit code.
+of a symbolic link, it produces no output and exits with a nonzero exit code.
@item Canonicalize mode
@command{readlink} outputs the absolute name of the given file which contains
no `.', `..' components nor any repeated path separators (`/') or symlinks.
-In any of the path components is missing or unavailable,
-it exits with a non-zero exit code.
+In any path component is missing or unavailable,
+it produces no output and exits with a nonzero exit code.
@end table