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author | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-06-15 23:47:38 +0000 |
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committer | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-06-15 23:47:38 +0000 |
commit | ac8aaeabedc3631c23330042524451648227a34a (patch) | |
tree | aca3aa3a16ec122299a35b54c0d09609f41d31d0 /bin/cp | |
parent | 4a52692cc7baf5c7406abf9936a16b7d5db7e610 (diff) |
consistently specify that -f and -i override previous options in each
option's description. jmc points out this works better than deferring
such information to a post-options sentence.
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/cp')
-rw-r--r-- | bin/cp/cp.1 | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.1 b/bin/cp/cp.1 index 4f0e4165885..951bc302e12 100644 --- a/bin/cp/cp.1 +++ b/bin/cp/cp.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: cp.1,v 1.33 2011/06/15 18:17:10 tedu Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: cp.1,v 1.34 2011/06/15 23:47:37 tedu Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: cp.1,v 1.9 1995/07/25 19:36:45 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ The options are as follows: For each existing destination pathname, remove it and create a new file, without prompting for confirmation, regardless of its permissions. +The +.Fl f +option overrides any previous +.Fl i +options. .It Fl H If the .Fl R @@ -89,6 +94,11 @@ that would overwrite an existing file. If the response from the standard input begins with the character .Sq Li y , the file copy is attempted. +The +.Fl i +option overrides any previous +.Fl f +options. .It Fl L If the .Fl R @@ -137,14 +147,6 @@ or instead. .El .Pp -The last of any -.Fl f -or -.Fl i -options is the one which affects -.Nm cp Ns 's -behavior. -.Pp For each destination file that already exists, its contents are overwritten if permissions allow, but its mode, user ID, and group ID are unchanged. |