From 6431e38e4d96c2d3b09b4d4c19ffb67be45bddc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:47:58 +0200 Subject: symlinking as standard rather tham hardlinking, otherwise ±L does nothing special MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- manuals/ponysay.texinfo | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'manuals/ponysay.texinfo') 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} -- cgit