From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D141C433F5 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:08:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D6260F94 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:08:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233075AbhI0HJx (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2021 03:09:53 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40500 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233035AbhI0HJx (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2021 03:09:53 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 65 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at lindbergh.monkeyblade.net; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:08:15 PDT Received: from mail.namespace.at (mail.namespace.at [IPv6:2a01:190:1801:100::235]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD518C061570 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:08:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Hofstaedtler To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Cc: Eduard Bloch Subject: [PATCH] Use more passive wording in hardlink.1 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:08:12 +0200 Message-Id: <20210927070812.77020-1-zeha@debian.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.33.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org From: Eduard Bloch And fix "same (basename)". Signed-off-by: Eduard Bloch --- misc-utils/hardlink.1.adoc | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/hardlink.1.adoc b/misc-utils/hardlink.1.adoc index 1fab77d71..f0814da5f 100644 --- a/misc-utils/hardlink.1.adoc +++ b/misc-utils/hardlink.1.adoc @@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ Quiet mode, don't print anything. Do not act, just print what would happen. *-f*, *--respect-name*:: -Only try to link files with the same (basename). It's strongly recommended to use long options rather than *-f* which is interpreted in a different way by others *hardlink* implementations. +Only try to link files with the same (base)name. It's strongly recommended to use long options rather than *-f* which is interpreted in a different way by other *hardlink* implementations. *-p*, *--ignore-mode*:: -Link/compare files even if their mode is different. This may be a bit unpredictable. +Link and compare files even if their mode is different. Results may be slightly unpredictable. *-o*, *--ignore-owner*:: -Link/compare files even if their owner (user and group) is different. It is not predictable. +Link and compare files even if their owner information (user and group) differs. Results may be unpredictable. *-t*, *--ignore-time*:: -Link/compare files even if their time of modification is different. You almost always want this. +Link and compare files even if their time of modification is different. This is usually a good choice. *-X*, *--respect-xattrs*:: Only try to link files with the same extended attributes. -- 2.33.0