Are you saying that interpreting "information for the file" as including the name of the file is incorrect? (I noticed that you substituted the word "attributes" instead of "information" in your reply.) If this is the case, IMHO, the manpage should at least be clearer. --- Vladimir ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vladimir G. Ivanovic http://leonora.org/~vladimir 2770 Cowper St. vladimir@xxxxxxx Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447 +1 650 678 8014 >>>>> "JK" == Jesse Keating <hosting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thursday 08 May 2003 11:14, Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote: >> Here's the excerpt from the man page for `ls': >> >> -L, --dereference >> when showing file information for a symbolic link, show informa- >> tion for the file the link references rather than for the link >> itself >> >> What am I missing? > I'm seeing exactly what -L says you'll see. Instead of the file > attributes of the link itself, you're being shown the attributes of > the file the link links to. NOTABUG. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
