From f3955abb6f032cd5c7e5c318669104badc2e8723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Rhodes Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:26:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Wording nits. --- bin/cp/cp.1 | 18 +++++++----------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.1 b/bin/cp/cp.1 index ad886b46908a..f52afdb9736b 100644 --- a/bin/cp/cp.1 +++ b/bin/cp/cp.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)cp.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 24, 2006 +.Dd October 27, 2006 .Dt CP 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -255,23 +255,19 @@ This implementation supports that option, however, its behavior is different from historical .Fx behavior. -Use -of this option +Use of this option is strongly discouraged as the behavior is implementation-dependent. -In this implementation of -.Nm , +In +.Fx , .Fl r -works alike +is a synonym for .Fl RL -thus all files, including special files, are copied -in a manner similar to normal files. -Data within these special files -will not be copied, only the file itself. +and works the same unless modified by other flags. Historical implemenations of .Fl r -differ as they could copy the internal contents of special +differ as they copy special files as normal files while recreating a hierarchy. .Pp The