From 7eaff0fea3583d0ae7f8a6f6ccaf1c44f3ed4d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:36:41 +0100 Subject: doc: mention the new mirroring behavior of cp -au * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior. * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Likewise. --- NEWS | 3 +++ doc/coreutils.texi | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c3aaa3dbf..2e484979e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- chmod, chown and chgrp now output the original attributes in messages, when -v or -c specified. + cp -au (where --preserve=links is implicit) may now replace newer + files in the destination, to mirror hard links from the source. + ** New features md5sum accepts the new --strict option. With --check, it makes the diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index b406a3cfb..8ab70c186 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7954,8 +7954,11 @@ same or newer modification time. If time stamps are being preserved, the comparison is to the source time stamp truncated to the resolutions of the destination file system and of the system calls used to update time stamps; this avoids duplicate work if several -@samp{cp -pu} commands are executed with the same source and -destination. +@samp{cp -pu} commands are executed with the same source and destination. +If @option{--preserve=links} is also specified (like with @samp{cp -au} +for example), that will take precedence. Consequently, depending on the +order that files are processed from the source, newer files in the destination +may be replaced, to mirror hard links in the source. @item -v @itemx --verbose -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2