diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7 index 1fb4ea41bfdb..63e140d7b839 100644 --- a/bin/ln/symlink.7 +++ b/bin/ln/symlink.7 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)symlink.7 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: symlink.7,v 1.4 1997/02/22 14:03:50 peter Exp $ .\" .Dd March 31, 1994 .Dt SYMLINK 7 @@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ the system call would return a file descriptor to the file .Dq afile . .Pp -There are four system calls that do not follow links, and which operate +There are five system calls that do not follow links, and which operate on the symbolic link itself. They are: +.Xr lchown 2 , .Xr lstat 2 , .Xr readlink 2 , .Xr rename 2 , @@ -136,7 +137,11 @@ The .Bx 4.4 system differs from historical 4BSD systems in that the system call .Xr chown 2 -has been changed to follow symbolic links. +has been changed to follow symbolic links. The +.Xr lchown 2 +system call was added later when the limitations of the new +.Xr chown 2 +became apparent. .Ss Commands not traversing a file tree. The second area is symbolic links, specified as command line file name arguments, to commands which are not traversing a file tree. @@ -424,9 +429,11 @@ options. .Xr pax 1 , .Xr rm 1 , .Xr tar 1 , +.Xr lchown 2 , .Xr lstat 2 , .Xr readlink 2 , .Xr rename 2 , +.Xr symlink 2 , .Xr unlink 2 , .Xr fts 3 , .Xr remove 3 ,