From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 05:46:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (usage): Clarify description of --no-dereferences.
X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-1_13F~12
X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=18573f3eb2b417d9d92e8f11a87865171a494c53;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fcoreutils.git

(usage): Clarify description of --no-dereferences.
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diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index 8f144aabb..d4e644a5c 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ Makes hard links by default, symbolic links with -s.\n\
   -b, --backup                 make backups for removed files\n\
   -d, -F, --directory          hard link directories (super-user only)\n\
   -f, --force                  remove existing destinations\n\
-  -n, --no-dereference         with --force, remove destination that is a\n\
-                                 symlink to a directory\n\
+  -n, --no-dereference         treat destination that is a symlink to a\n\
+                                 directory as if it were a normal file\n\
   -i, --interactive            prompt whether to remove destinations\n\
   -s, --symbolic               make symbolic links instead of hard links\n\
   -v, --verbose                print name of each file before linking\n\