Not counting function names and cross references to the symlink(7) page, "symbolic link" is preferred to "symlink" in existing pages by a ratio of about 380 to the handful in this page. Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@xxxxxxxxx> --- man7/path_resolution.7 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/path_resolution.7 b/man7/path_resolution.7 index 3bae15c6e..5c44ae03b 100644 --- a/man7/path_resolution.7 +++ b/man7/path_resolution.7 @@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ If the component is found and is a directory, we set the current lookup directory to that directory, and go to the next component. .PP -If the component is found and is a symbolic link (symlink), we first -resolve this symbolic link (with the current lookup directory +If the component is found and is a symbolic link, +we first resolve this symbolic link +(with the current lookup directory as starting lookup directory). Upon error, that error is returned. If the result is not a directory, an @@ -164,15 +165,16 @@ the component preceding the slash either exists and resolves to a directory or it names a directory that is to be created immediately after the pathname is resolved. Otherwise, a trailing \(aq/\(aq is ignored. -.SS Final symlink +.SS Final symbolic link If the last component of a pathname is a symbolic link, then it depends on the system call whether the file referred to will be the symbolic link or the result of path resolution on its contents. For example, the system call .BR lstat (2) -will operate on the symlink, while +will operate on the symbolic link, +while .BR stat (2) -operates on the file pointed to by the symlink. +operates on the file pointed to by the symbolic link. .SS Length limit There is a maximum length for pathnames. If the pathname (or some -- 2.30.2
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