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bug#12433: Slightly misleading documentation for cp -f
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Reuben Thomas |
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bug#12433: Slightly misleading documentation for cp -f |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:07:24 +0100 |
--help says:
if an existing destination file cannot be opened, remove
it and try again (redundant if the -n
option is used)
That use of the word "redundant" suggests to the unwary reader that if
-n is used, then -f is not needed, but in fact (AFAICT) it means that
if -n is used then -f has no effect, so I suggest s/redundant/has no
effect/.
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