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| author | Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net> | 2007-11-12 19:13:32 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2007-11-12 19:13:32 +0100 |
| commit | b7c2db676635518c06add0dd570543ae83e21f2e (patch) | |
| tree | f56156ed0792890543ca013e531545f8377b9530 /src | |
| parent | ba3497409071e858a561ca95542291ffb328ab99 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-b7c2db676635518c06add0dd570543ae83e21f2e.tar.xz | |
Clarify description of cp's -a option.
* src/cp.c (usage) [-a]: Remove unnecessary 'P'.
Since option -d of 'cp' includes the function of -P, mentioning the
latter in the description of option -a is redundant and therefore
slightly confusing, as the reader tries to figure out what it adds.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/cp.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.\n\ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ - -a, --archive same as -dpPR\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\ --copy-contents copy contents of special files when recursive\n\ |