* src/chown.c (usage): Clarify --dereference description.

* src/chgrp.c (usage): Likewise.  Suggestion from Jamie McClelland.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d037e92d37520061b38bf32d8ddb272ab34b16a4..45d7f556d5179776b05a344b589ab3d34ae12056 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-25  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+       * src/chown.c (usage): Clarify --dereference description.
+       * src/chgrp.c (usage): Likewise.  Suggestion from Jamie McClelland.
+
 2006-09-24  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
        * NEWS: Mention these fixes.

diff --git a/src/chgrp.c b/src/chgrp.c
index af5704e071d311bd3e8907547697efd96ed73514..e62e4917a1f749f311396a7f2c03a3d602e452da 100644 (file)
--- a/src/chgrp.c
+++ b/src/chgrp.c
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ Change the group of each FILE to GROUP.\n\
 With --reference, change the group of each FILE to that of RFILE.\n\
 \n\
   -c, --changes          like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
-      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather\n\
-                         than the symbolic link itself (this is the default)\n\
+      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
+                         the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -h, --no-dereference   affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\

diff --git a/src/chown.c b/src/chown.c
index ac0f37cd94e9853870961217fbecef2a470751e5..df688f721773d4c79d3997d8ef0fd8d0b79c028d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/chown.c
+++ b/src/chown.c
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.\n\
 With --reference, change the owner and group of each FILE to those of RFILE.\n\
 \n\
   -c, --changes          like verbose but report only when a change is made\n\
-      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather\n\
-                         than the symbolic link itself (this is the default)\n\
+      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is\n\
+                         the default), rather than the symbolic link itself\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -h, --no-dereference   affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\