2010/3/12 Christine Tran <christine.tran at gmail.com>:
> 2010/3/12 ????? ???????????? <olga.kryzhanovska at gmail.com>:
>> This one, right?
>> -i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX]
>> edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied)
>>
>> -i copies the content to a temporary backup file, truncates the
>> original (keeping permissions, ACL flags etc) and starts processing
>> from backup to original file, right?
>>
>>
>> Which purpose has this option (I can't look at the GPL code without
>> getting tainted by the GPL):
>> --follow-symlinks
>> follow symlinks when processing in place
>
> Yes, that's the one.
I understand now how -i works but I am puzzled about --follow-symlinks
- why is it required?
Olga
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