Correct a grammatical nit and remove ambiguity about the effect of

the -p option.

PR:		8229
Submitted-by:	Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>
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Joseph Koshy 1998-10-13 08:52:29 +00:00
parent 4216dc7f84
commit 22f6653381
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)cp.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
.\" $Id: cp.1,v 1.9 1997/02/22 14:01:32 peter Exp $
.\" $Id: cp.1,v 1.10 1998/05/06 06:50:19 charnier Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 18, 1994
.Dt CP 1
@ -143,13 +143,15 @@ be preserved, the set group ID bit is not preserved
in the copy's permissions.
If the source file has both its set user ID and set group ID bits on,
and either the user ID or group ID cannot be preserved, neither
the set user ID or set group ID bits are preserved in the copy's
the set user ID nor set group ID bits are preserved in the copy's
permissions.
.El
.Pp
For each destination file that already exists, its contents are
overwritten if permissions allow, but its mode, user ID, and group
ID are unchanged.
overwritten if permissions allow. Its mode, user ID, and group
ID are unchanged unless the
.Fl p
option was specified.
.Pp
In the second synopsis form,
.Ar target_directory