Jamie McClelland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The man page description of the --dereference option could more clearly state
> what behavior is the default.
>
> Rather than:
>
> --dereference
> affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather than
> the symbolic link itself (this is the default)
>
> It would be clearer to say something like:
>
> --dereference
> affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the
> default), rather than the symbolic link itself
Thanks for reporting that.
I've done as you suggest, upstream.
2006-09-25 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* src/chown.c (usage): Clarify --dereference description.
* src/chgrp.c (usage): Likewise. Suggestion from Jamie McClelland.
Index: src/chown.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/chown.c,v
retrieving revision 1.126
diff -u -r1.126 chown.c
--- src/chown.c 27 Jul 2006 09:11:08 -0000 1.126
+++ src/chown.c 25 Sep 2006 06:19:07 -0000
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
With --reference, change the owner and group of each FILE to those of RFILE.\n\
\n\
-c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
- --dereference affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather\n\
- than the symbolic link itself (this is the default)\n\
+ --dereference affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
+ the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-h, --no-dereference affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\
Index: src/chgrp.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/src/chgrp.c,v
retrieving revision 1.123
diff -u -r1.123 chgrp.c
--- src/chgrp.c 27 Jul 2006 09:11:08 -0000 1.123
+++ src/chgrp.c 25 Sep 2006 06:18:46 -0000
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
With --reference, change the group of each FILE to that of RFILE.\n\
\n\
-c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
- --dereference affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather\n\
- than the symbolic link itself (this is the default)\n\
+ --dereference affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
+ the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-h, --no-dereference affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\
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