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(du invocation): Describe -P, --no-dereference.
authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Fri, 3 Oct 2003 20:15:36 +0000 (20:15 +0000)
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Fri, 3 Oct 2003 20:15:36 +0000 (20:15 +0000)
doc/coreutils.texi

index 687a12b627063c832f76a9dd977d5dce4f7b026d..812e4a16a29dcbbe3670c0af07eada317f22ae8c 100644 (file)
@@ -8275,6 +8275,14 @@ Dereference symbolic links (show the disk space used by the file
 or directory that the link points to instead of the space used by
 the link).
 
+@item -P
+@itemx --no-dereference
+@opindex -P
+@opindex --no-dereference
+@cindex symbolic links, dereferencing in @command{du}
+For each symbolic links encountered by @command{du},
+consider the disk space used by the symbolic link.
+
 @item --max-depth=@var{DEPTH}
 @opindex --max-depth=@var{DEPTH}
 @cindex limiting output of @command{du}