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Date:      Fri, 12 Jul 2013 06:03:26 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Jaakko Heinonen <jh@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r253252 - head/sbin/devfs
Message-ID:  <201307120603.r6C63QKd081504@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jh
Date: Fri Jul 12 06:03:25 2013
New Revision: 253252
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/253252

Log:
  Clarify how "hide" and "unhide" commands work on directories.

Modified:
  head/sbin/devfs/devfs.8

Modified: head/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/devfs/devfs.8	Fri Jul 12 05:58:54 2013	(r253251)
+++ head/sbin/devfs/devfs.8	Fri Jul 12 06:03:25 2013	(r253252)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 21, 2013
+.Dd July 12, 2013
 .Dt DEVFS 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ Nodes may later be revived manually with
 or with the
 .Cm unhide
 action.
+Hiding a directory node effectively hides all of its child nodes.
 .It Cm include Ar ruleset
 Apply all the rules in ruleset number
 .Ar ruleset
@@ -213,6 +214,8 @@ which may be a user name
 or number.
 .It Cm unhide
 Unhide the node.
+If the node resides in a subdirectory,
+all parent directory nodes must be visible to be able to access the node.
 .El
 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 Rulesets are created by the kernel at the first reference



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