From c64d3aaf18a5eeb66ea7bae13e8424bb30f711af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 06:55:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (usage, main): For cp -P messages, mention the new behavior as well as the old. --- src/cp.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c index 2408ab0..37f4f17 100644 --- a/src/cp.c +++ b/src/cp.c @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.\n\ -p, --preserve preserve file attributes if possible\n\ --parents append source path to DIRECTORY\n\ -P same as `--parents' for now; soon to change to\n\ - produce the POSIX-mandated behavior\n\ + `--no-dereference' to conform to POSIX\n\ -r copy recursively, non-directories as files\n\ WARNING: use -R instead when you might copy\n\ special files like FIFOs or /dev/zero\n\ @@ -833,9 +833,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) if (used_P_option) { error (0, 0, - _("warning: the meaning of `-P' will change to conform with\ - the POSIX\nspecification in an upcoming release; if you want the old\ - behavior,\nuse the `--parents' option instead.")); + _("\ +Warning: the meaning of `-P' will change in the future to conform to POSIX.\n\ +Use `--parents' for the old meaning, and `--no-dereference' for the new.")); } if (backup_suffix_string) -- 2.7.4