Index: attr-2.4.39/man/man1/getfattr.1 =================================================================== --- attr-2.4.39.orig/man/man1/getfattr.1 +++ attr-2.4.39/man/man1/getfattr.1 @@ -56,11 +56,8 @@ while strings encoded as hexidecimal and 0x and 0s, respectively. .TP .BR \-h ", " \-\-no-dereference -Do not follow symlinks. -If -.I pathname -is a symbolic link, the symbolic link itself is examined, -rather than the file the link refers to. +Do not dereference symlinks. Instead of the file a symlink refers to, the +symlink itself is examined. .TP .BR \-m " \f2pattern\f1, " \-\-match "=\f2pattern\f1" Only include attributes with names matching the regular expression @@ -85,13 +82,15 @@ Dump out the extended attribute value(s) List the attributes of all files and directories recursively. .TP .BR \-L ", " \-\-logical -Logical walk, follow symbolic links. +Logical walk, follow symbolic links to directories. The default behaviour is to follow symbolic link arguments, and to skip symbolic links encountered in subdirectories. +Only effective in combination with \-R. .TP .BR \-P ", " \-\-physical -Physical walk, skip all symbolic links. +Physical walk, do not follow symbolic links to directories. This also skips symbolic link arguments. +Only effective in combination with \-R. .TP .B \-\-version Print the version of