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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 61361ab29..4599a276e 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ Special file types * mkdir invocation:: Make directories * mkfifo invocation:: Make FIFOs (named pipes) * mknod invocation:: Make block or character special files -* readlink invocation:: Print the referent of a symbolic link +* readlink invocation:: Print value of a symlink or canonical file name * rmdir invocation:: Remove empty directories * unlink invocation:: Remove files via unlink syscall @@ -8683,7 +8683,7 @@ Besides directories, other special file types include named pipes * mkdir invocation:: Make directories. * mkfifo invocation:: Make FIFOs (named pipes). * mknod invocation:: Make block or character special files. -* readlink invocation:: Print the referent of a symbolic link. +* readlink invocation:: Print value of a symlink or canonical file name. * rmdir invocation:: Remove empty directories. * unlink invocation:: Remove files via the unlink syscall @end menu @@ -9128,10 +9128,12 @@ Set the default SELinux security context to be used for created files. @node readlink invocation -@section @command{readlink}: Print the referent of a symbolic link +@section @command{readlink}: Print value of a symlink or canonical file name @pindex readlink @cindex displaying value of a symbolic link +@cindex canonical file name +@cindex canonicalize a file name @command{readlink} may work in one of two supported modes: |