Pádraig Brady wrote:
...
>>> + cp -au (where --preserve=links is implicit) now replaces possibly newer
>>
>> s/now replaces/may now replace/ ?
>>
>> ...since whether it replaces them depends on the order
>> in which readdir processes entries in the containing directory.
>
> I considered that but t
done that.
>
>> Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention the new mirroring behavior of cp -au
>>
>> * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
>> * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Likewise.
>> ---
>> NEWS |3 +++
>> doc/coreutils.texi |6 +++
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I'm still not sure about this new partial mirroring behaviour of
> cp -au, but I don't know how to avoid it. The attached patch at least
> documents the change.
Thanks. I should have done that.
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention the new mirror
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:36:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention the new mirroring behavior of cp -au
* NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Likewise.
---
NEWS |3 +++
doc/coreutils.texi |6 --
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2
