From 968956b998ce1e4c9a54efadf72bdff880f5e15e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 14:58:59 +0000 Subject: (usage): Improve the description of --dereference (-L). --- src/ls.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c index 01334b463..1e3e0e705 100644 --- a/src/ls.c +++ b/src/ls.c @@ -3396,7 +3396,9 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort.\n\ -I, --ignore=PATTERN do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN\n\ -k, --kilobytes like --block-size=1024\n\ -l use a long listing format\n\ - -L, --dereference list entries pointed to by symbolic links\n\ + -L, --dereference when showing file information for a symbolic\n\ + link, show information for the file the link\n\ + references rather than for the link itself\n\ -m fill width with a comma separated list of entries\n")); printf (_("\ -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf