From 8711ae5d2978c1b7155daef07883ebdfb5fab9d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jh Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:59:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] MFC r253252: Clarify how "hide" and "unhide" commands work on directories. git-svn-id: svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9@263945 ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f --- sbin/devfs/devfs.8 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 index aa2f81abd..19f4f9614 100644 --- a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 +++ b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 21, 2010 +.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 -- 2.45.0