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@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** New features
+ cp -pu and mv -u (when copying) now don't bother to update the
+ destination if the resulting time stamp would be no newer than the
+ preexisting time stamp. This saves work in the common case when
+ copying or moving multiple times to the same destination in a file
+ system with a coarse time stamp resolution.
+
dd has new conversions for the conv= option:
nocreat do not create the output file