From 6dd0fdbdcce861feca66eaed97c1e8ebac39b884 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jkh Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 23:51:38 +0000 Subject: From: Piero Serini Message-Id: <199402111717.SAA05326@strider.st.dsi.unimi.it> Subject: Re: cpio bug ? Quoting from J Wunsch: > | From the man page: > | > | -l, --link > | Link files instead of copying them, when possible. > > (Usable only with the -p option.) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is not in cpio man page. Someone please add it. --- gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'gnu') diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1 index 7ef74c4..6472a31 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1 +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1 @@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ Ignored; for compatibility with other versions of .BR cpio . .TP .I "\-l, \-\-link" -Link files instead of copying them, when possible. +Link files instead of copying them, when possible (usable only with the +.I \-p +option). .TP .I "\-L, \-\-dereference" Dereference symbolic links (copy the files that they point to instead -- cgit v1.1