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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-04-10 16:41:14 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-04-10 16:41:14 +0000 |
commit | 7f3e23a1898a0615eeb5dd1112b25a4d74706004 (patch) | |
tree | a84cb60923f77ed681bcfe3f4fc3053216437320 /doc | |
parent | 357066c663b2c04d84d4aa31f8aa859bf2aff620 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-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 |