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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-08-08 06:55:47 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-08-08 06:55:47 +0000 |
commit | c64d3aaf18a5eeb66ea7bae13e8424bb30f711af (patch) | |
tree | 33ef4943d269d67532dc82d1992c183cdce1c8db /src | |
parent | b6bacc5dcf7840ee7f2c187a2d3139522e69c779 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-c64d3aaf18a5eeb66ea7bae13e8424bb30f711af.tar.xz |
(usage, main): For cp -P messages, mention the new behavior as well as the old.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r-- | src/cp.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.\n\ -p, --preserve preserve file attributes if possible\n\ --parents append source path to DIRECTORY\n\ -P same as `--parents' for now; soon to change to\n\ - produce the POSIX-mandated behavior\n\ + `--no-dereference' to conform to POSIX\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\ @@ -833,9 +833,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) if (used_P_option) { error (0, 0, - _("warning: the meaning of `-P' will change to conform with\ - the POSIX\nspecification in an upcoming release; if you want the old\ - behavior,\nuse the `--parents' option instead.")); + _("\ +Warning: the meaning of `-P' will change in the future to conform to POSIX.\n\ +Use `--parents' for the old meaning, and `--no-dereference' for the new.")); } if (backup_suffix_string) |