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bug#61035: [PATCH] cp: improve help regarding ACLs


From: Ondrej Valousek
Subject: bug#61035: [PATCH] cp: improve help regarding ACLs
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 21:56:05 +0000

But it's not the same meaning. What I am trying to explain here is that

Cp -p (or cp --preserve=mode) also retains ACLs. This fact is not obvious, but 
yet it's happening

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Od: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Odesláno: středa 25. ledna 2023 21:43
Komu: Ondrej Valousek <ondrej.valousek.xm@renesas.com>; 61035@debbugs.gnu.org 
<61035@debbugs.gnu.org>
Předmět: Re: bug#61035: [PATCH] cp: improve help regarding ACLs

On 2023-01-25 01:24, Ondrej Valousek wrote:
>> For --preserve[=ATTR_LIST] the usage message says "preserve the specified 
>> attributes (default: mode,ownership,timestamps), if possible additional
>> attributes: context, links, xattr,"
> Yes, but that's nothing about ACLs. The aim of this patch is to clarify the 
> current behavior which might not be obvious

So how about if we change "context, links, xattr" to "ACLs, context,
links, xattr"? That's shorter.



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