Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 13:30:27 GMT From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/84271: compress(1) doesn't warn about nasty link handling Message-ID: <200507311330.j6VDURoE025945@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/84271; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To: garys@opusnet.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/84271: compress(1) doesn't warn about nasty link handling
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:29:38 +0100
On 29 Jul 2005, at 05:22, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> Apply patch with new paragraph at end of DESCRIPTION
> and a new BUGS section:
>
> --- /pr/work/compress..orig.1 Thu Jul 28 21:01:24 2005
> +++ /pr/work/compress.1 Thu Jul 28 21:19:35 2005
> @@ -152,6 +152,16 @@
> coding (as used in the historical command pack), or adaptive Huffman
> coding (as used in the historical command compact), and takes less
> time to compute.
> +.Pp
> +If
> +.Ar file
> +is a soft or hard link
> +.Nm compress
> +will replace it with a compressed copy of the linked-to file,
> +leaving that file uncompressed.
> +If
> +.Ar file
> +is hard linked, it will
> .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
> .Ex -std compress uncompress
> .Pp
This patch looks like it adds half of a sentence?
i.e:
If file is hard linked, it will
Ceri
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