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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2007-11-12 Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net> + + 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. + 2007-11-09 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> bootstrap: fix typo to enable use of $gnulib_tool_option_extras. @@ -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\ |