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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-09-09 04:14:49 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2004-09-09 04:14:49 +0000
commit04ddd03a65367780d6900bc1219327688561fb9a (patch)
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downloadcoreutils-04ddd03a65367780d6900bc1219327688561fb9a.tar.xz
(test invocation): Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks.
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@@ -9478,6 +9478,8 @@ True if @var{file} exists and is a regular file.
@opindex -h
@cindex symbolic link check
True if @var{file} exists and is a symbolic link.
+Unlike all other file-related tests, this test does not dereference
+@var{file} if it is a symbolic link.
@item -p @var{file}
@opindex -p