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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/ln.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME.\n\ In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory.\n\ In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.\n\ Create hard links by default, symbolic links with --symbolic.\n\ +By default, each destination (name of new link) should not already exist.\n\ When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. Symbolic links\n\ can hold arbitrary text; if later resolved, a relative link is\n\ interpreted in relation to its parent directory.\n\ @@ -363,9 +364,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -i, --interactive prompt whether to remove destinations\n\ - -L, --logical make hard links to symbolic link references\n\ - -n, --no-dereference treat destination that is a symlink to a\n\ - directory as if it were a normal file\n\ + -L, --logical dereference TARGETs that are symbolic links\n\ + -n, --no-dereference treat LINK_NAME as a normal file if\n\ + it is a symbolic link to a directory\n\ -P, --physical make hard links directly to symbolic links\n\ -s, --symbolic make symbolic links instead of hard links\n\ "), stdout); @@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix\n\ -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY specify the DIRECTORY in which to create\n\ the links\n\ - -T, --no-target-directory treat LINK_NAME as a normal file\n\ + -T, --no-target-directory treat LINK_NAME as a normal file always\n\ -v, --verbose print name of each linked file\n\ "), stdout); fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); |