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misc/44727: "followed" is better than "indirected through" in cp(1) and ls(1)



>Number:         44727
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       "followed" is better than "indirected through" in cp(1) and 
>ls(1)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 16 03:15:00 +0000 2011
>Originator:     Ryo HAYASAKA
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.47
>Organization:
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)
>Environment:
System: NetBSD bonnie.jaist.ac.jp 5.99.47 NetBSD 5.99.47 (GENERIC) #19: Fri Mar 
4 10:33:50 JST 2011 
root%bonnie.jaist.ac.jp@localhost:/c/ryoh/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
Is "followed" better than "indirected through" in cp(1) and ls(1)?
        
>How-To-Repeat:
        
>Fix:
--- ls.1.orgnl  2011-03-16 12:07:28.000000000 +0900
+++ ls.1        2011-03-16 12:01:44.000000000 +0900
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 .Pq Fl l .
 .It Fl d
 Directories are listed as plain files (not searched recursively) and
-symbolic links in the argument list are not indirected through.
+symbolic links in the argument list are not followed.
 .It Fl F
 Display a slash
 .Pq Sq \&/
--- cp.1.orgnl  2011-03-16 12:07:21.000000000 +0900
+++ cp.1        2011-03-16 12:01:16.000000000 +0900
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 .Nm
 copies the directory and the entire subtree connected at that point.
 This option also causes symbolic links to be copied, rather than
-indirected through, and for
+followed, and for
 .Nm
 to create special files rather than copying them as normal files.
 Created directories have the same mode as the corresponding source
        



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