Module Name: src
Committed By: manu
Date: Wed Aug 3 12:55:03 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/bin/cp: cp.1
Log Message:
iExplain what happens to extended attriutes when -p is used.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.38 -r1.39 src/bin/cp/cp.1
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Modified files:
Index: src/bin/cp/cp.1
diff -u src/bin/cp/cp.1:1.38 src/bin/cp/cp.1:1.39
--- src/bin/cp/cp.1:1.38 Sat Apr 2 08:38:56 2011
+++ src/bin/cp/cp.1 Wed Aug 3 12:55:03 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: cp.1,v 1.38 2011/04/02 08:38:56 mbalmer Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: cp.1,v 1.39 2011/08/03 12:55:03 manu Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
Causes
.Nm
to preserve in the copy as many of the modification time, access time,
-file flags, file mode, user ID, and group ID as allowed by permissions.
+file flags, file mode, user ID, group ID, and extended attributes,
+as allowed by permissions.
.Pp
If the user ID and group ID cannot be preserved, no error message
is displayed and the exit value is not altered.
@@ -132,6 +133,13 @@
and either the user ID or group ID cannot be preserved, neither
the set user ID or set group ID bits are preserved in the copy's
permissions.
+.Pp
+Extended attributes from all accessible namespaces are copied, the
+others being ignored. If an error occur during the copy, a message is
+displayed and
+.Nm cp
+skips
+the other extended attributes for the file.
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