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Document that while the --backup option takes an

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optional argument, the -b option accepts none.
(main): Use `backup type' in call to xget_version, not the
now-deprecated `--version-control'.
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Jim Meyering
2000-04-08 06:46:20 +00:00
parent ca59fb27c2
commit 650ea2e0b4
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@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
_("the strip option may not be used when installing a directory"));
if (make_backups)
x.backup_type = xget_version ("--version-control", version_control_string);
x.backup_type = xget_version ("backup type", version_control_string);
n_files = argc - optind;
file = argv + optind;
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ In the first two formats, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to\n\
the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group.\n\
In the third format, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).\n\
\n\
-b, --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file\n\
--backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file\n\
-b like --backup but does not accept an argument\n\
-c (ignored)\n\
-d, --directory treat all arguments as directory names; create all\n\
components of the specified directories\n\