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-rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 3 |
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 77f97a170..46d36801e 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7838,7 +7838,8 @@ Preserve SELinux security context of the file, or fail with full diagnostics. Preserve extended attributes of the file, or fail with full diagnostics. If @command{cp} is built without xattr support, ignore this option. If SELinux context, ACLs or Capabilities are implemented using xattrs, -they are preserved by this option as well. +they are preserved implicitly by this option as well, i.e., even without +specifying @option{--preserve=mode} or @option{--preserve=context}. @item all Preserve all file attributes. Equivalent to specifying all of the above, but with the difference |