From 0bf77fc8ec08b766f44fba9f5958b06c1ef9ad74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:17:24 +0100 Subject: doc: mention realpath in the readlink info * doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Add realpath to the index, and also mention it in the readlink description so people searching for that functionality can easily make the connection. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 4599a276e..334d932de 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -9134,6 +9134,8 @@ Set the default SELinux security context to be used for created files. @cindex displaying value of a symbolic link @cindex canonical file name @cindex canonicalize a file name +@pindex realpath +@findex realpath @command{readlink} may work in one of two supported modes: @@ -9213,6 +9215,9 @@ Report error messages. The @command{readlink} utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.1. +There is a @command{realpath} command on some systems +which operates like @command{readlink} in canonicalize mode. + @exitstatus -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf