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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/ln.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ static int remove_existing_files; /* If nonzero, list each file as it is moved. */ static int verbose; -/* If nonzero, allow the superuser to make hard links to directories. */ +/* If nonzero, allow the superuser to *attempt* to make hard links + to directories. However, it appears that this option is not useful + in practice, since even the superuser is prohibited from hard-linking + directories on most (all?) existing systems. */ static int hard_dir_link; /* If nonzero, and the specified destination is a symbolic link to a @@ -360,7 +363,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ fputs (_("\ --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file\n\ -b like --backup but does not accept an argument\n\ - -d, -F, --directory hard link directories (super-user only)\n\ + -d, -F, --directory allow the superuser to attempt to hard link\n\ + directories (note: will probably fail due to\n\ + system restrictions, even for the superuser)\n\ -f, --force remove existing destination files\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ |