From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 07:43:04 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F
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(ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F
probably won't work even for superuser.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 4e403ea99c..84ca191089 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7091,7 +7091,9 @@ Make a backup of each file that would otherwise be overwritten or removed.
 @opindex -F
 @opindex --directory
 @cindex hard links to directories
-Allow the super-user to make hard links to directories.
+Allow the super-user to attempt to make hard links to directories.
+However, note that this will probably fail due to
+system restrictions, even for the super-user.
 
 @item -f
 @itemx --force