On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 02:02:33PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > 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\ I hate to nitpick .. but, the necessary word is "only".
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