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authorYorhel <git@yorhel.nl>2020-05-15 08:51:08 +0200
committerYorhel <git@yorhel.nl>2020-05-15 08:51:08 +0200
commitbff5da35475107715dc0e8c8a44fbefdf2d3dc0b (patch)
treec4d49d9792941b581b8fcae75cf928a803fc9dc4
parent08564ec7b62f5ba365c9c413627d02402a0dcf6d (diff)
man page: Mention --follow-firmlinks
-rw-r--r--doc/ncdu.pod11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ncdu.pod b/doc/ncdu.pod
index ad6783b..af8bbb0 100644
--- a/doc/ncdu.pod
+++ b/doc/ncdu.pod
@@ -179,11 +179,16 @@ this option will not follow symlinks to directories and will count each
symlinked file as a unique file (i.e. unlike how hard links are handled). This
is subject to change in later versions.
+=item --follow-firmlinks
+
+(MacOS only) follow firmlinks. WARNING: This may cause directories to be
+scanned and counted multiple times. Firmlink cycles are current (1.15) not
+detected, so it may also cause ncdu to get stuck in an infinite loop and
+eventually run out of memory.
+
=item --exclude-kernfs
-Exclude Linux pseudo filesystems, e.g. /proc (procfs), /sys (sysfs).
-This option is only available on Linux, but exported statistics can be loaded on
-all platforms.
+(Linux only) Exclude Linux pseudo filesystems, e.g. /proc (procfs), /sys (sysfs).
The complete list of currently known pseudo filesystems is: binfmt, bpf, cgroup,
cgroup2, debug, devpts, proc, pstore, security, selinux, sys, trace.