From 36ad3f479c813330bbc5d02b3c27d3d992cd3cad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaakko Heinonen Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 06:03:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify how "hide" and "unhide" commands work on directories. --- 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 6e0c210f25c..8bbdfccabb7 100644 --- a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 +++ b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 21, 2013 +.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