A much better description of the -q option.

Obtained from:	Andrew Brown <atatat@NetBSD.org>
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Doug Barton 2002-08-13 20:07:36 +00:00
parent c0cb7cc399
commit a6d192950e
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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.Nd display file status
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl FLn
.Op Fl FLnq
.Oo
.Fl f Ar format |
.Fl l |
.Fl q |
.Fl r |
.Fl s |
.Fl x
@ -107,6 +106,15 @@ if file is a symbolic link, and not to
itself.
.It Fl n
Do not force a newline to appear at the end of each piece of output.
.It Fl q
Suppress failure messages if calls to
.Xr stat 2
or
.Xr lstat 2
fail.
When run as
.Nm readlink ,
error messages are automatically suppressed.
.It Fl f Ar format
Display information using the specified format. See the FORMATS section
for a description of valid formats.
@ -114,9 +122,6 @@ for a description of valid formats.
Display output in
.Ic ls Fl lT
format.
.It Fl q
Suppress failure messages from
.Xr stat 2 .
.It Fl r
Display raw information. That is, for all the fields in the stat-structure,
display the raw, numerical value (for example, times in seconds since the