commit d047ee7da7f1b9a36ea34c7d064334900b15aac6
Author: Pádraig Brady <[email protected]>
Date: Sat Apr 10 01:05:39 2010 +0100
doc: mention Linux capabilities are maintained by cp/mv
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention that
"Capabilities" are maintained when implemented
using extended attributes.
(mv invocation): Mention ACLs etc. are maintained
due to xattrs being copied.
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 2a5f4d4..3b26022 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7512,7 +7512,7 @@ if the preserving of SELinux security context is not
succesful.
@itemx xattr
Preserve extended attributes if @command{cp} is built with xattr support,
and xattrs are supported and enabled on your file system.
-If SELinux context and/or ACLs are implemented using xattrs,
+If SELinux context, ACLs or Capabilities are implemented using xattrs,
they are preserved by this option as well.
@itemx all
Preserve all file attributes.
@@ -8274,7 +8274,8 @@ the destination partition and the second and third would
be left on the
original partition.
@cindex extended attributes, xattr
-...@command{mv} always tries to copy extended attributes (xattr).
+...@command{mv} always tries to copy extended attributes (xattr), which may
+include SELinux context, ACLs or Capabilities.
@cindex prompting, and @command{mv}
If a destination file exists but is normally unwritable, standard input
