Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I see. The (generated) manpage documentation is unclear on this.
> (For comparison, find.1 is clear). I'm tempted to suggest this --help
> output:
>
> -[DH], --dereference-args dereference only symbolic links listed under
> FILEs
> -L, --dereference dereference all symbolic links
> -P, --no-dereference don't follow any symbolic links (this is the
> default)
>
>> With -D, du dereferences all command-line-specified symlinks.
Thanks.
FYI, I've adjusted it:
* src/du.c (usage): Clarify description of --dereference-args (-D).
Prompted by a report from Justin Pryzby.
diff --git a/src/du.c b/src/du.c
index 3fc2c90..6248aa1 100644
--- a/src/du.c
+++ b/src/du.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too.\n\
-B, --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks\n\
-b, --bytes equivalent to `--apparent-size --block-size=1'\n\
-c, --total produce a grand total\n\
- -D, --dereference-args dereference FILEs that are symbolic links\n\
+ -D, --dereference-args dereference any listed FILE that is a symbolic
link\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
--files0-from=F summarize disk usage of the NUL-terminated file\n\
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