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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-04-08 06:46:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-04-08 06:46:20 +0000 |
| commit | 650ea2e0b4d1c59cabeced6bf441ea940e4dfcb4 (patch) | |
| tree | 62a69079c3c4a9d204189a0a9d6f8b61535f8f7a /src | |
| parent | ca59fb27c239358027d7e84566dd9be095c6bb62 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-650ea2e0b4d1c59cabeced6bf441ea940e4dfcb4.tar.xz | |
Document that while the --backup option takes an
optional argument, the -b option accepts none.
(main): Use `backup type' in call to xget_version, not the
now-deprecated `--version-control'.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/install.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c index 18a6fd71c..099fc5444 100644 --- a/src/install.c +++ b/src/install.c @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) _("the strip option may not be used when installing a directory")); if (make_backups) - x.backup_type = xget_version ("--version-control", version_control_string); + x.backup_type = xget_version ("backup type", version_control_string); n_files = argc - optind; file = argv + optind; @@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ In the first two formats, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to\n\ the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group.\n\ In the third format, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).\n\ \n\ - -b, --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file\n\ + --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file\n\ + -b like --backup but does not accept an argument\n\ -c (ignored)\n\ -d, --directory treat all arguments as directory names; create all\n\ components of the specified directories\n\ |