Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 09:35:08 +0000 (UTC) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r216197 - head/usr.bin/stat Message-ID: <201012050935.oB59Z8mD081735@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: dougb Date: Sun Dec 5 09:35:07 2010 New Revision: 216197 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216197 Log: Add my own documentation for the change in our r216196, aka NetBSD's 1.18 For -L if stat(2) fails, fall back to lstat(2). .Dd purposely not bumped because more changes are coming. Modified: head/usr.bin/stat/stat.1 Modified: head/usr.bin/stat/stat.1 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/stat/stat.1 Sun Dec 5 09:33:04 2010 (r216196) +++ head/usr.bin/stat/stat.1 Sun Dec 5 09:35:07 2010 (r216197) @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ will refer to the target of if file is a symbolic link, and not to .Ar file itself. +If the link is broken or the target does not exist, +fall back on +.Xr lstat 2 +and report information about the link. .It Fl n Do not force a newline to appear at the end of each piece of output. .It Fl q
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