From 7597cfa482e42a00a69fb9577ee523762980a9a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Orlitzky Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:52:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify chown/chgrp --dereference defaults * doc/coreutils.texi: the documentation for the --dereference flag of chown/chgrp states that it is the default mode of operation. Document that this is only the case when operating non-recursively. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 3fa0830854..1c0e8a36c7 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -10989,7 +10989,7 @@ chown -h -R --from=OLDUSER NEWUSER / @cindex symbolic links, changing owner @findex lchown Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to. -This is the default. +This is the default when not operating recursively. @item -h @itemx --no-dereference @@ -11119,7 +11119,7 @@ changed. @cindex symbolic links, changing owner @findex lchown Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to. -This is the default. +This is the default when not operating recursively. @item -h @itemx --no-dereference -- 2.47.2