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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 510abb903..1fbf05116 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7649,9 +7649,9 @@ Equivalent to @option{-dR --preserve=all} with the reduced diagnostics. @itemx --attributes-only @opindex --attributes-only -Preserve the specified attributes of the original files in the copy, -but do not copy any data. See the @option{--preserve} option for -controlling which attributes to copy. +Copy only the specified attributes of the source file to the destination. +If the destination already exists, do not alter its contents. +See the @option{--preserve} option for controlling which attributes to copy. @item -b @itemx @w{@kbd{--backup}[=@var{method}]} |