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Diffstat (limited to 'src/dircolors.c')
-rw-r--r-- | src/dircolors.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/dircolors.c b/src/dircolors.c index b83cf12d4..13d4520bf 100644 --- a/src/dircolors.c +++ b/src/dircolors.c @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static struct option const long_options[] = {"csh", no_argument, NULL, 'c'}, {"c-shell", no_argument, NULL, 'c'}, {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'}, + /* I deprecate --print-data-base. `database' is one word. */ {"print-data-base", no_argument, NULL, 'p'}, {"print-database", no_argument, NULL, 'p'}, {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'v'}, @@ -111,9 +112,13 @@ Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.\n\ Determine format of output:\n\ -b, --sh, --bourne-shell output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS\n\ -c, --csh, --c-shell output C shell code to set LS_COLORS\n\ - -p, --print-data-base output defaults\n\ + -p, --print-database output defaults\n\ --help display this help and exit\n\ --version output version information and exit\n\ +\n\ +If FILE is specified, read it to determine which colors to use for which\n\ +file types and extensions. Otherwise, a precompiled database is used.\n\ +For details on the format of these files, run `dircolors --print-database'.\n\ ")); puts (_("\nReport bugs to bug-gnu-utils@gnu.ai.mit.edu")); } |