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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index fb3686640..81bc97f09 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8261,7 +8261,8 @@ all but @samp{Operation not supported} warnings are output. Using @option{--preserve} with no @var{attribute_list} is equivalent to @option{--preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps}. -In the absence of this option, each destination file is created with the +In the absence of this option, the permissions of existing destination +files are unchanged, while each new file is created with the mode bits of the corresponding source file, minus the bits set in the umask and minus the set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits. @xref{File permissions}. |