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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index d8b90876d..7ba872ebb 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7365,7 +7365,7 @@ symbolic links in the destination are always followed if possible. @itemx @w{@kbd{--preserve}[=@var{attribute_list}]} @opindex -p @opindex --preserve -@cindex file information, preserving +@cindex file information, preserving, extended attributes, xattr Preserve the specified attributes of the original files. If specified, the @var{attribute_list} must be a comma-separated list of one or more of the following strings: @@ -7392,6 +7392,11 @@ Preserve in the destination files any links between corresponding source files. @c Give examples illustrating how hard links are preserved. @c Also, show how soft links map to hard links with -L and -H. +@itemx xattr +Preserve extended attributes if @command{cp} is built with xattr support, +and xattrs are supported and enabled on your file system. +If SELinux context and/or ACLs are implemented using xattrs, +they are preserved by this option as well. @itemx all Preserve all file attributes. Equivalent to specifying all of the above. @@ -7935,6 +7940,9 @@ attributes of destination files. It is typically used in Makefiles to copy programs into their destination directories. It refuses to copy files onto themselves. +@cindex extended attributes, xattr +@command{install} never preserves extended attributes (xattr). + The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. @table @samp @@ -8083,6 +8091,9 @@ directory succeeded, but the second didn't, the first would be left on the destination partition and the second and third would be left on the original partition. +@cindex extended attributes, xattr +@command{mv} always tries to copy extended attributes (xattr). + @cindex prompting, and @command{mv} If a destination file exists but is normally unwritable, standard input is a terminal, and the @option{-f} or @option{--force} option is not given, |