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Date:      Wed, 7 May 2003 16:19:02 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Dmitry Sivachenko <mitya@cavia.pp.ru>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/51921: ls(1) manpage lacks some information about whiteouts.
Message-ID:  <200305071219.h47CJ297000328@tear.demos.su>
Resent-Message-ID: <200305071220.h47CKCuK008115@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         51921
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       ls(1) manpage lacks some information about whiteouts.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 07 05:20:11 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dmitry Sivachenko
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD tear.demos.su 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Tue May 6 11:28:11 MSD 2003 mitya@tear.demos.su:/usr/home/mitya/sys/compile/TEAR i386


	
>Description:
	
ls(1) denotes whiteouts (when in long format) with 'w' characted.
Mention that in manpage.
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:


--- ls.1.orig	Wed May  7 16:10:29 2003
+++ ls.1	Wed May  7 16:13:39 2003
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 The following options are available:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Fl A
-List all entries except for
+List all entries except for whiteouts,
 .Pa \&.
 and
 .Pa .. .
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@
 Socket link.
 .It Sy p
 .Tn FIFO .
+.It Sy w
+Whiteout.
 .It Sy \-
 Regular file.
 .El
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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