Updated references to the behaviour of ls(1).

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Submitted by:	Max Euston
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav 1998-04-24 12:38:18 +00:00
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)symlink.7 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 .\" @(#)symlink.7 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
.\" $Id: symlink.7,v 1.6 1997/06/14 18:44:03 jdp Exp $ .\" $Id: symlink.7,v 1.7 1997/06/19 01:07:05 jdp Exp $
.\" .\"
.Dd March 31, 1994 .Dd March 31, 1994
.Dt SYMLINK 7 .Dt SYMLINK 7
@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ option is not specified),
the the
.Nm ls .Nm ls
command follows symbolic links named as arguments if the command follows symbolic links named as arguments if the
.Fl H
or
.Fl L .Fl L
option is specified, option is specified,
or if the or if the
@ -207,16 +209,13 @@ or if the
.Fl d .Fl d
or or
.Fl l .Fl l
options are not specified. options are not specified. (The
(If the
.Fl L
option is specified,
.Nm ls .Nm ls
always follows symbolic links. command is the only command where the
.Nm Ls .Fl H
is the only command where the and
.Fl L .Fl L
option affects its behavior even though it is not doing a walk of options affect its behavior even though it is not doing a walk of
a file tree.) a file tree.)
.Pp .Pp
The The
@ -394,23 +393,19 @@ options.
To maintain compatibility with historic systems, To maintain compatibility with historic systems,
the the
.Nm ls .Nm ls
command never follows symbolic links unless the command acts a little differently. If you do not specify the
.Fl L .Fl F ,
flag is specified. .Fl d or
If the .Fl l
options,
.Nm ls
will follow symbolic links specified on the command line. If the
.Fl L .Fl L
flag is specified, flag is specified,
.Nm ls .Nm ls
follows all symbolic links, follows all symbolic links,
regardless of their type, regardless of their type,
whether specified on the command line or encountered in the tree walk. whether specified on the command line or encountered in the tree walk.
The
.Nm ls
command does not support the
.Fl H
or
.Fl P
options.
.Sh SEE ALSO .Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chflags 1 , .Xr chflags 1 ,
.Xr chgrp 1 , .Xr chgrp 1 ,