From 8b9e2a36ccb1a4808e36dfab946e0d7f9f5ed44b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Rhodes Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:24:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clean up a bit of confusing language and improve .Nd. PR: 47818 Reviewed by: keramida --- bin/ln/ln.1 | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) 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.