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Revert part of the previous commit. Keep the example that shows how the

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"-h" flag is used, but use "chown" in the example instead of "file".

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Nik Clayton 1999-04-24 10:08:09 +00:00
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@ -160,6 +160,24 @@ is included in this rule, while the command
is not.
(The latter is described in the third area, below.)
.Pp
If it is explicitly intended that the command operate on the symbolic
link instead of following the symbolic link, e.g., it is desired that
.Dq Li "chown slink"
change the ownership of the file that
.Dq Li slink
is, whether it is a symbolic link or not, the
.Fl h
option should be used.
In the above example,
.Dq Li "chown root slink"
would change the ownership of the file referenced by
.Dq Li slink ,
while
.Dq Li "chown -h root slink"
would change the ownership of
.Dq Li slink
itself.
.Pp
There are four exceptions to this rule.
The
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