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doc: mention that "capabilities" are preserved by cp/mv

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* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Mention that
"capabilities" are preserved when implemented using
extended attributes.
(mv invocation): Mention ACLs etc. are maintained
due to xattrs being copied.
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Pádraig Brady
2010-04-10 01:05:39 +01:00
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@@ -7512,7 +7512,7 @@ if the preserving of SELinux security context is not succesful.
@itemx xattr
Preserve extended attributes if @command{cp} is built with xattr support,
and xattrs are supported and enabled on your file system.
If SELinux context and/or ACLs are implemented using xattrs,
If SELinux context, ACLs or Capabilities are implemented using xattrs,
they are preserved by this option as well.
@itemx all
Preserve all file attributes.
@@ -8274,7 +8274,8 @@ the destination partition and the second and third would be left on the
original partition.
@cindex extended attributes, xattr
@command{mv} always tries to copy extended attributes (xattr).
@command{mv} always tries to copy extended attributes (xattr), which may
include SELinux context, ACLs or Capabilities.
@cindex prompting, and @command{mv}
If a destination file exists but is normally unwritable, standard input