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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2012-12-12 19:54:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2012-12-17 21:08:16 +0000 |
| commit | a05a326b0cd7c4146e60ea4d66440d4a28dfb41a (patch) | |
| tree | d705c35e9a745b7b7d530126fcf66da48c40bfaa /man | |
| parent | 0f525b6f94abcf4db87eb5bd754f20a684cd8242 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-a05a326b0cd7c4146e60ea4d66440d4a28dfb41a.tar.xz | |
readlink: support multiple command line arguments
This allows efficient processing of multiple files,
while also increasing compatibility with BSD's readlink(1).
We also add the -z, --zero option to delimit output items
with the NUL character which disambiguates output in the
presence of '\n' characters.
* src/readlink.c (usage): Add the --zero description,
and also adjust the description of --no-newline accordingly.
(main): Handle the -z option and iterate over multiple arguments.
Also as in commit v8.15-24-g9d46b25 we use fputs() and putchar()
rather than printf() for performance reasons.
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Document the
new --zero option, adjust the --no-newline description, and
tweak the general info to indicate multiple files are supported.
* tests/readlink/multi.sh: A new test for the new functionality.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* man/readlink.x: Adjust the summary and also reference realpath.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
* THANKS.in: Suggested by Aaron Davies.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/readlink.x | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/readlink.x b/man/readlink.x index 79ba75853..6b28bca47 100644 --- a/man/readlink.x +++ b/man/readlink.x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ [NAME] -readlink \- print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name +readlink \- print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names [DESCRIPTION] .\" Add any additional description here [SEE ALSO] -readlink(2) +readlink(2), realpath(1), realpath(3) |