From 022889a4575390b656abf89b0e8f43ef03c1cc00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:09:09 -0700 Subject: ln: add details to --help text * src/ln.c (usage): Mention more about symlink properties. * doc/coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Vitali Lovich. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake --- src/ln.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c index 2dc5628e8..d0f92669d 100644 --- a/src/ln.c +++ b/src/ln.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* `ln' program to create links between files. - Copyright (C) 1986, 1989-1991, 1995-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1986, 1989-1991, 1995-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ 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\ -When creating hard links, each TARGET must 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\ \n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2