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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2009-08-13 17:25:09 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2009-08-14 10:48:07 +0100
commit8574c7432596abd185e94c92068d23eb2591ae64 (patch)
treea7a48e0447d3e2094b49aaaabc0f5398c42ee786
parent11ccbdab27fc7b4f3c78e8a806745330534670f7 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-8574c7432596abd185e94c92068d23eb2591ae64.tar.xz
doc: clarify the cp --reflink NEWS
* NEWS: Remove the description associated with the removed experimental code which unconditionally tried to reflink() on copy. Also clarify where --reflink works exactly.
-rw-r--r--NEWS7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a88546d81..85cc82bd7 100644
--- a/NEWS
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@@ -45,14 +45,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
chroot now accepts the options --userspec and --groups.
cp accepts a new option, --reflink: create a lightweight copy
- using copy-on-write (COW). This is currently supported only on
- btrfs file systems.
+ using copy-on-write (COW). This is currently only supported within
+ a btrfs file system.
cp now preserves time stamps on symbolic links, when possible
- cp, install, mv: take advantage of btrfs' O(1) copy-on-write feature
- when both the source and destination are on the same btrfs partition.
-
sort accepts a new option, --human-numeric-sort (-h): sort numbers
while honoring human readable suffixes like KiB and MB etc.