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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 4 |
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 835c245d4..10be7156b 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -12905,7 +12905,9 @@ This option is valid when used with @option{--relative-to}, and will restrict the output of @option{--relative-to} so that relative names are output, only when @var{file}s are descendants of @var{base}. Otherwise output the absolute file name. If @option{--relative-to} was not specified, then -the descendants of @var{base} are printed relative to @var{base}. +the descendants of @var{base} are printed relative to @var{base}. If +@option{--relative-to} is specified, then that directory must be a +descendant of @var{base} for this option to have an effect. Note: this option honors the @option{-m} and @option{-e} options pertaining to file existence. For example: |