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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2023-02-23 15:22:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2023-02-23 15:22:14 +0000 |
| commit | c97c40c3b4f5338b1c8689002f50d523b9cff2a0 (patch) | |
| tree | 4880ca3473824b742d752c85ef27b7363888c1b7 | |
| parent | 3edbf016be774e266a659349f513fe265c842e26 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c97c40c3b4f5338b1c8689002f50d523b9cff2a0.tar.gz | |
doc: chgrp,chmod,chown: state --reference always dereferences
* src/chgrp.c (usage): State that --reference always
dereferences symbolic links.
* src/chmod.c (usage): Likewise.
* src/chown.c (usage): Likewise.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/61720
| -rw-r--r-- | src/chgrp.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/chmod.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/chown.c | 4 |
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/chgrp.c b/src/chgrp.c index e695328e9..141413352 100644 --- a/src/chgrp.c +++ b/src/chgrp.c @@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ With --reference, change the group of each FILE to that of RFILE.\n\ --preserve-root fail to operate recursively on '/'\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ - --reference=RFILE use RFILE's group rather than specifying a\n\ - GROUP value\n\ + --reference=RFILE use RFILE's group rather than specifying a GROUP.\n\ + RFILE is always dereferenced if a symbolic link.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -R, --recursive operate on files and directories recursively\n\ diff --git a/src/chmod.c b/src/chmod.c index a0b83a8f7..e48736e11 100644 --- a/src/chmod.c +++ b/src/chmod.c @@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ With --reference, change the mode of each FILE to that of RFILE.\n\ --preserve-root fail to operate recursively on '/'\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ - --reference=RFILE use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values\n\ + --reference=RFILE use RFILE's mode instead of specifying MODE values.\n\ + RFILE is always dereferenced if a symbolic link.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -R, --recursive change files and directories recursively\n\ diff --git a/src/chown.c b/src/chown.c index f298b6081..d4ae24bec 100644 --- a/src/chown.c +++ b/src/chown.c @@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ With --reference, change the owner and group of each FILE to those of RFILE.\n\ --preserve-root fail to operate recursively on '/'\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ - --reference=RFILE use RFILE's owner and group rather than\n\ - specifying OWNER:GROUP values\n\ + --reference=RFILE use RFILE's owner and group rather than specifying\n\ + OWNER:GROUP values. RFILE is always dereferenced.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -R, --recursive operate on files and directories recursively\n\ |