From 0d3c3801d64c2f328023fbd701fe1eb2798d7c85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 07:43:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F probably won't work even for superuser. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- 2.47.2