From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 04:14:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (test invocation): Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks.
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(test invocation): Mention that -h and -L don't dereference symlinks.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 2f85b428f4..b624e18405 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -9478,6 +9478,8 @@ True if @var{file} exists and is a regular file.
 @opindex -h
 @cindex symbolic link check
 True if @var{file} exists and is a symbolic link.
+Unlike all other file-related tests, this test does not dereference
+@var{file} if it is a symbolic link.
 
 @item -p @var{file}
 @opindex -p