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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-09-25 00:09:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-09-25 00:09:10 +0000 |
| commit | 3283bb8b930c29c8e7807ab623f609840471754f (patch) | |
| tree | eff5ef6e0296093fea9aa7bbc0e40640f429d875 /src | |
| parent | 2b9d8efc916e4792fd1c21bf11cbe5c74a5b6b25 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-3283bb8b930c29c8e7807ab623f609840471754f.tar.xz | |
(usage): Match revised documentation better.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/cp.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -156,14 +156,11 @@ Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.\n\ -a, --archive same as -dpR\n\ --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file\n\ -b like --backup but does not accept an argument\n\ - -d, --no-dereference preserve links\n\ - -f, --force if a preexisting destination file cannot be\n\ - opened, then unlink it and try again\n\ + -d, --no-dereference never follow symbolic links\n\ + -f, --force if an existing destination file cannot be\n\ + opened, remove it and try again\n\ -i, --interactive prompt before overwrite\n\ - -H follow symbolic links that are explicitly\n\ - specified in the command line, but do not\n\ - follow symlinks that are found via recursive\n\ - traversal\n\ + -H follow command-line symbolic links\n\ -l, --link link files instead of copying\n\ -L, --dereference always follow symbolic links\n\ -p, --preserve preserve file attributes if possible\n\ @@ -173,7 +170,7 @@ Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.\n\ -r copy recursively, non-directories as files\n\ WARNING: use -R instead when you might copy\n\ special files like FIFOs or /dev/zero\n\ - --remove-destination unlink each preexisting destination file before\n\ + --remove-destination remove each existing destination file before\n\ attempting to open it (contrast with --force)\n\ --sparse=WHEN control creation of sparse files\n\ -R, --recursive copy directories recursively\n\ |