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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2009-08-13 17:25:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2009-08-14 10:48:07 +0100 |
| commit | 8574c7432596abd185e94c92068d23eb2591ae64 (patch) | |
| tree | a7a48e0447d3e2094b49aaaabc0f5398c42ee786 /NEWS | |
| parent | 11ccbdab27fc7b4f3c78e8a806745330534670f7 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-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.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 7 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -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. |