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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 63ad22b6b..e2b105912 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7724,7 +7724,7 @@ Equivalent to @option{--no-dereference --preserve=links}. @opindex -f @opindex --force When copying without this option and an existing destination file cannot -be opened for writing, the copy fails. However, with @option{--force}), +be opened for writing, the copy fails. However, with @option{--force}, when a destination file cannot be opened, @command{cp} then removes it and tries to open it again. Contrast this behavior with that enabled by @option{--link} and @option{--symbolic-link}, whereby the destination file |