Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:01:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r187630 - stable/7/bin/ln Message-ID: <200901231201.n0NC1OaV042405@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: keramida (doc committer) Date: Fri Jan 23 12:01:24 2009 New Revision: 187630 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187630 Log: MFC 187148 from /head Clean up a bit of confusing language and improve .Nd. PR: 47818 Modified: stable/7/bin/ln/ (props changed) stable/7/bin/ln/ln.1 Modified: stable/7/bin/ln/ln.1 ============================================================================== --- stable/7/bin/ln/ln.1 Fri Jan 23 11:58:24 2009 (r187629) +++ stable/7/bin/ln/ln.1 Fri Jan 23 12:01:24 2009 (r187630) @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .Sh NAME .Nm ln , .Nm link -.Nd make links +.Nd link files .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl s Op Fl F @@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility creates a new directory entry (linked file) which has the -same modes as the original file. +utility creates a new directory entry (linked file) for the file name +specified by +.Ar target_file . +The +.Ar target_file +will be created with the same file modes as the +.Ar source_file . It is useful for maintaining multiple copies of a file in many places at once without using up storage for the .Dq copies ; @@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ links. A hard link to a file is indistinguishable from the original directory entry; any changes to a file are effectively independent of the name used to reference the file. -Hard links may not normally refer to directories and may not span file systems. +Directories may not be hardlinked, and hard links may not span file systems. .Pp A symbolic link contains the name of the file to which it is linked.
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