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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-07-03 08:44:27 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-07-03 08:44:27 +0000
commit8d7c1bb10120373448d656712fdfa58f55be0c18 (patch)
treec8db64fb1a4b988c54eec5b7a917569f6b086cfe /doc
parent4afd8a87cdf06b953dfafe4a8655c483beee4fc6 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-8d7c1bb10120373448d656712fdfa58f55be0c18.tar.xz
(stat invocation): Rename --link/-l to --dereference/-L.
Rewrite description of --dereference.
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 024a75e2d..9e077f4c0 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7994,28 +7994,29 @@ also give information about the files the links point to.
Report information about the filesystems where the given files are located
instead of information about the files themselves.
-@item -l
-@itemx --link
-@opindex -l
-@opindex --link
-@cindex link
-With this option, @command{stat} works normally for all type of files except for
-symbolic links. For symbolic links information about the files that are
-obtained by tracing the links is displayed.
+@item -L
+@itemx --dereference
+@opindex -L
+@opindex --dereference
+@cindex symbolic links, dereferencing in @command{stat}
+Change how @command{stat} treats symbolic links.
+With this option, @command{stat} acts on the file referenced
+by each symbolic link argument.
+Without it, @command{stat} acts on any symbolic link argument directly.
@item -t
@itemx --terse
@opindex -t
@opindex --terse
@cindex terse output
-Prints the information in terse form, suitable for parsing by other programs
+Print the information in terse form, suitable for parsing by other programs.
@item -s
@itemx --secure
@opindex -s
@opindex --secure
@cindex security output
-Displays security context on SE Linux.
+Display security context on SE Linux.
@item -c
@itemx --format