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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 21 |
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 |