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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 39c9bbf67..835c245d4 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -12904,14 +12904,16 @@ pertaining to file existence. This option is valid when used with @option{--relative-to}, and will restrict the output of @option{--relative-to} so that relative names are output, only when @var{file}s are descendants of @var{base}. Otherwise output the -absolute file name. Note: this option honors the @option{-m} and @option{-e} +absolute file name. If @option{--relative-to} was not specified, then +the descendants of @var{base} are printed relative to @var{base}. +Note: this option honors the @option{-m} and @option{-e} options pertaining to file existence. For example: @example realpath --relative-to=/usr /tmp /usr/bin @result{} ../tmp @result{} bin -realpath --relative-base=/usr --relative-to=/usr /tmp /usr/bin +realpath --relative-base=/usr /tmp /usr/bin @result{} /tmp @result{} bin @end example |