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bug#14972: cp docs should mention permissions result when destination al
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#14972: cp docs should mention permissions result when destination already exists |
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Date: |
Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:50:31 +0100 |
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Better to be explicit I suppose.
How about:
-In the absence of this option, each destination file is created with the
+In the absence of this option, the permissions of existing destination
+files are unchanged, while each new file is created with the
mode bits of the corresponding source file, minus the bits set in the
umask and minus the set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits.
@xref{File permissions}.
thanks,
Pádraig.