From 0ba481441fbac0365214217d80977f32f6df452a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:09:00 +0000 Subject: (General output formatting): Reflect option name change: s/--dereference-command-line/--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir/. Say that this option changes how ls treats only symlinks to directories specified on the command line. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 6df495c28..f1b19b837 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -4891,16 +4891,17 @@ List just the names of directories, as with other types of files, rather than listing their contents. @c The following sentence is the same as the one for -F. Do not follow symbolic links listed on the -command line unless the @option{--dereference-command-line} (@option{-H}) +command line unless the @option{--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir} (@option{-H}) or @option{--dereference} (@option{-L}) options are specified. @item -H -@itemx --dereference-command-line +@itemx --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir @opindex -H -@opindex --dereference-command-line +@opindex --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir @cindex symbolic links, dereferencing -If a command line argument specifies a symbolic link, show information -for the file the link references rather than for the link itself. +If a command line argument specifies a symbolic link that refers to +a directory, show information for that directory rather than for the +link itself. @item -I PATTERN @itemx --ignore=PATTERN @@ -5385,7 +5386,7 @@ indicators are @samp{/} for directories, @samp{@@} for symbolic links, @samp{|} for FIFOs, @samp{=} for sockets, and nothing for regular files. @c The following sentence is the same as the one for -d. Do not follow symbolic links listed on the -command line unless the @option{--dereference-command-line} (@option{-H}) +command line unless the @option{--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir} (@option{-H}) or @option{--dereference} (@option{-L}) options are specified. @item --indicator-style=@var{word} -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2