<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>f</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Create a file if it doesn't exist yet</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create a file if it doesn't exist yet (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>F</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Create or truncate a file</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Create or truncate a file (optionally writing a short string into it, if the argument parameter is passed)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>w</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Write the argument parameter to a file, if it exists.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
path of the symlink. For c, b determines the
major/minor of the device node, with major and
minor formatted as integers, separated by :,
- e.g. "1:3". Ignored for all other lines.</para>
+ e.g. "1:3". For f, F, w may be used to specify
+ a short string that is written to the file,
+ suffixed by a newline. Ignored for all other
+ lines.</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>