From: Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:51:27 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: doc: clarify that readlink's --quiet option is on by default
X-Git-Tag: v8.26~18
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=19157e87fd2a846a91dda5a4008b02cb6ba63593;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

doc: clarify that readlink's --quiet option is on by default

* src/readlink.c (usage): Mark the --quiet/--silent option as active
by default.
* doc/coreutils.texi (readlink invocation): Likewise.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 521ac3923b..a507280bd6 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -10304,7 +10304,7 @@ Print a warning if specified along with multiple @var{file}s.
 @opindex -q
 @opindex --silent
 @opindex --quiet
-Suppress most error messages.
+Suppress most error messages.  On by default.
 
 @item -v
 @itemx --verbose
diff --git a/src/readlink.c b/src/readlink.c
index 2444f86da8..be53665c99 100644
--- a/src/readlink.c
+++ b/src/readlink.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ usage (int status)
                                 without requirements on components existence\n\
   -n, --no-newline              do not output the trailing delimiter\n\
   -q, --quiet,\n\
-  -s, --silent                  suppress most error messages\n\
+  -s, --silent                  suppress most error messages (on by default)\n\
   -v, --verbose                 report error messages\n\
   -z, --zero                    end each output line with NUL, not newline\n\
 "), stdout);