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[PATCH] cp: improve help regarding ACLs

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Message #23 received at 61035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ondrej Valousek <ondrej.valousek.xm <at> renesas.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, "61035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
 <61035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#61035: [PATCH] cp: improve help regarding ACLs
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 21:56:05 +0000

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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 <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Odesláno: středa 25. ledna 2023 21:43
Komu: Ondrej Valousek <ondrej.valousek.xm <at> renesas.com>; 61035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org <61035 <at> 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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