GNU bug report logs - #12433
doc: cp: slightly misleading documentation for "cp -f"

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:09:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: bug-coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Slightly misleading documentation for cp -f
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:07:24 +0100

--help says:

              if an existing destination file cannot be opened, remove
it and try again (redundant if the -n
              option is used)

That use of the word "redundant" suggests to the unwary reader that if
-n is used, then -f is not needed, but in fact (AFAICT) it means that
if -n is used then -f has no effect, so I suggest s/redundant/has no
effect/.

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Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'minor' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 30 Oct 2018 04:31:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Changed bug title to 'doc: cp: slightly misleading documentation for "cp -f"' from 'Slightly misleading documentation for cp -f' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 30 Oct 2018 04:31:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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