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Re: info cp


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: info cp
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:55:34 -0600
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According to Alfred Maddock on 4/3/2007 1:18 AM:
> On the linux man page for "cp" one is directed to info cp but this will not
> work because info cp describes the C/C++ preprocessor.

This is a known issue with info, aggravated by the fact that man2info
insists on listing the shorter link when generating the man page whether
or not the short link will work.  The workaround is to use 'info coreutils
cp'.

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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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