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redundancy in description of 'cp -a'
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Benno Schulenberg |
Subject: |
redundancy in description of 'cp -a' |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:55:22 +0100 |
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Hi,
Since option -d of 'cp' includes the function of -P, mentioning the
latter in the description of option -a is redundant and therefore
slightly confusing, as the reader tries to figure out what it adds.
- -a, --archive same as -dpPR\n\
+ -a, --archive same as -dpR\n\
(To save the reader the looking up of -d, -p and -R, it might be
useful to add after -dpR that this means --no-dereference
--preserve=links,mode,ownership,timestamps --resursive. However,
that might give a wrong idea about the meaning of -p.)
Benno
- redundancy in description of 'cp -a',
Benno Schulenberg <=