Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:24:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r187148 - head/bin/ln Message-ID: <200901131524.n0DFOaXp007017@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: trhodes Date: Tue Jan 13 15:24:35 2009 New Revision: 187148 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187148 Log: Clean up a bit of confusing language and improve .Nd. PR: 47818 Reviewed by: keramida Modified: head/bin/ln/ln.1 Modified: head/bin/ln/ln.1 ============================================================================== --- head/bin/ln/ln.1 Tue Jan 13 13:19:42 2009 (r187147) +++ head/bin/ln/ln.1 Tue Jan 13 15:24:35 2009 (r187148) @@ -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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