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author | Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-01-13 15:24:35 +0000 |
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committer | Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-01-13 15:24:35 +0000 |
commit | 8b9e2a36ccb1a4808e36dfab946e0d7f9f5ed44b (patch) | |
tree | ccc25dd3e02d58dc638821bad0c11ec9b12ef364 /bin/ln/ln.1 | |
parent | 64d83d29b93a6c0ac8054eb92dd80025e29a2feb (diff) | |
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Clean up a bit of confusing language and improve .Nd.
PR: 47818
Reviewed by: keramida
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svn path=/head/; revision=187148
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diff --git a/bin/ln/ln.1 b/bin/ln/ln.1 index 7ae4ea8548eb..2cb26397f535 100644 --- a/bin/ln/ln.1 +++ b/bin/ln/ln.1 @@ -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. |