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author | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-27 08:26:24 +0000 |
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committer | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-27 08:26:24 +0000 |
commit | 3e2d73c3e934719b020a3881c1fa7826135fb79f (patch) | |
tree | 76984808cd0e4b03305fddaf366e32b6b46a3514 /bin/cp/cp.1 | |
parent | ce900696979cc5184bf9efef8f171fe4e675b03f (diff) | |
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Wording nits.
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diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.1 b/bin/cp/cp.1 index ad886b4..f52afdb 100644 --- a/bin/cp/cp.1 +++ b/bin/cp/cp.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)cp.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 24, 2006 +.Dd October 27, 2006 .Dt CP 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -255,23 +255,19 @@ This implementation supports that option, however, its behavior is different from historical .Fx behavior. -Use -of this option +Use of this option is strongly discouraged as the behavior is implementation-dependent. -In this implementation of -.Nm , +In +.Fx , .Fl r -works alike +is a synonym for .Fl RL -thus all files, including special files, are copied -in a manner similar to normal files. -Data within these special files -will not be copied, only the file itself. +and works the same unless modified by other flags. Historical implemenations of .Fl r -differ as they could copy the internal contents of special +differ as they copy special files as normal files while recreating a hierarchy. .Pp The |