docs, completion: use symlinks instead of symbol(ic) links

Symbolic links is the official term, but more commonly we refer to
them as symlinkx.

Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>

Author: thaJeztah

cli/command/container/cp.go

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ container source to stdout.`,
 	}
 
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
-	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.followLink, "follow-link", "L", false, "Always follow symbol link in SRC_PATH")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.followLink, "follow-link", "L", false, "Always follow symlinks in SRC_PATH")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.copyUIDGID, "archive", "a", false, "Archive mode (copy all uid/gid information)")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Suppress progress output during copy. Progress output is automatically suppressed if no terminal is attached")
 	return cmd
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func copyFromContainer(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, copyConfig cp
 	}
 
 	apiClient := dockerCLI.Client()
-	// if client requests to follow symbol link, then must decide target file to be copied
+	// if client requests to follow symlinks, then must decide target file to be copied
 	var rebaseName string
 	if copyConfig.followLink {
 		src, err := apiClient.ContainerStatPath(ctx, copyConfig.container, client.ContainerStatPathOptions{

contrib/completion/fish/docker.fish

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from commit' -a '(__fish_pri
 # cp
 complete -c docker -f -n '__fish_docker_no_subcommand' -a cp -d "Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem"
 complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from cp' -s a -l archive -d 'Archive mode (copy all uid/gid information)'
-complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from cp' -s L -l follow-link -d 'Always follow symbol link in SRC_PATH'
+complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from cp' -s L -l follow-link -d 'Always follow symlinks in SRC_PATH'
 complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from cp' -l help -d 'Print usage'
 
 # create

contrib/completion/zsh/_docker

@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ __docker_container_subcommand() {
             local state
             _arguments $(__docker_arguments) \
                 $opts_help \
-                "($help -L --follow-link)"{-L,--follow-link}"[Always follow symbol link]" \
+                "($help -L --follow-link)"{-L,--follow-link}"[Always follow symlinks]" \
                 "($help -)1:container:->container" \
                 "($help -)2:hostpath:_files" && ret=0
             case $state in

docs/reference/commandline/container_cp.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ container source to stdout.
 | Name                  | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                  |
 |:----------------------|:-------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `-a`, `--archive`     | `bool` |         | Archive mode (copy all uid/gid information)                                                                  |
-| `-L`, `--follow-link` | `bool` |         | Always follow symbol link in SRC_PATH                                                                        |
+| `-L`, `--follow-link` | `bool` |         | Always follow symlinks in SRC_PATH                                                                           |
 | `-q`, `--quiet`       | `bool` |         | Suppress progress output during copy. Progress output is automatically suppressed if no terminal is attached |
 
 

docs/reference/commandline/cp.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ container source to stdout.
 | Name                  | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                  |
 |:----------------------|:-------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `-a`, `--archive`     | `bool` |         | Archive mode (copy all uid/gid information)                                                                  |
-| `-L`, `--follow-link` | `bool` |         | Always follow symbol link in SRC_PATH                                                                        |
+| `-L`, `--follow-link` | `bool` |         | Always follow symlinks in SRC_PATH                                                                           |
 | `-q`, `--quiet`       | `bool` |         | Suppress progress output during copy. Progress output is automatically suppressed if no terminal is attached |