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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-08-08 06:55:47 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-08-08 06:55:47 +0000
commitc64d3aaf18a5eeb66ea7bae13e8424bb30f711af (patch)
tree33ef4943d269d67532dc82d1992c183cdce1c8db /src
parentb6bacc5dcf7840ee7f2c187a2d3139522e69c779 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-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.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index 2408ab044..37f4f1700 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -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)