svn commit: r276359 - head/bin/ln

[Jilles Tjoelker]

Author: jilles
Date: Mon Dec 29 13:02:03 2014
New Revision: 276359
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/276359

Log:
  symlink(7): Note that stat(1) does not follow symlinks by default.
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/bin/ln/symlink.7

Modified: head/bin/ln/symlink.7
==============================================================================
--- head/bin/ln/symlink.7	Mon Dec 29 11:02:18 2014	(r276358)
+++ head/bin/ln/symlink.7	Mon Dec 29 13:02:03 2014	(r276359)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)symlink.7	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 25, 2010
+.Dd December 29, 2014
 .Dt SYMLINK 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ would change the ownership of
 .Dq Li slink
 itself.
 .Pp
-There are four exceptions to this rule.
+There are five exceptions to this rule.
 The
 .Xr mv 1
 and
@@ -262,13 +262,12 @@ a file tree.)
 .Pp
 The
 .Xr file 1
-command is also an exception to this rule.
-The
-.Xr file 1
-command does not follow symbolic links named as argument by default.
-The
-.Xr file 1
-command does follow symbolic links named as argument if
+and
+.Xr stat 1
+commands are also exceptions to this rule.
+These
+commands do not follow symbolic links named as argument by default,
+but do follow symbolic links named as argument if the
 .Fl L
 option is specified.
 .Pp