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| -rw-r--r-- | manuals/ponysay.texinfo | 5 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | setup.py | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/manuals/ponysay.texinfo b/manuals/ponysay.texinfo index 7e04ecf..2effc8b 100644 --- a/manuals/ponysay.texinfo +++ b/manuals/ponysay.texinfo @@ -1013,13 +1013,16 @@ Set the system's directory for cache directories. @cindex @option{--dest-dir} Set off environment for installation. -@item --linking=hard +@item --linking=symbolic @cindex @option{--linking} Set how to link identical files. Directories cannot be hard linked on most systems, therefore directories or always symbolically linked of hard linked is specified. Recognised arguments are @code{copy}, @code{hard} and @code{symbolic}. @code{copy} implies that files and directories are not linked, but duplicated. +@command{ponysay ±L} will give the same output as @command{ponysay ±l} if @code{copy} +or @code{hard} is used. This is because it does link reading and not content or +inode comparison. @end table Recognised compressions are @option{gz} which uses @option{gzip -9}, and @option{xz} @@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ class Setup(): opts.add_argumented (help = 'Set off environment for installation\nEmpty by default', alternatives = ['--dest-dir'], arg='DESTDIR') - opts.add_argumented (help = 'Set how to link identical files\nDefault = hard, copy and symbolic are also recognised', alternatives = ['--linking'], arg='TYPE') + opts.add_argumented (help = 'Set how to link identical files\nDefault = symbolic, copy and hard are also recognised', alternatives = ['--linking'], arg='TYPE') opts.parse() - self.linking = HARD + self.linking = SYMBOLIC if opts.opts['--linking'] is not None: self.linking = opts.opts['--linking'][0] |