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 Zasláno z Outlooku pro Android ________________________________ Od: Paul Eggert Odesláno: středa 25. ledna 2023 21:43 Komu: Ondrej Valousek ; 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.