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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-27 08:26:24 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-27 08:26:24 +0000
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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
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