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authorTom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2005-02-24 00:06:22 +0000
committerTom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2005-02-24 00:06:22 +0000
commita5e1813654b1b4848818ef41538844f0e5ce9eda (patch)
treee9df8382b9d4195807a00a8efdc7bdf5f1d90866 /bin/cp
parentdf579737e5ddae649c0748d9344f51b0e1d4bb29 (diff)
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.1 b/bin/cp/cp.1
index c14221d923998..b254db7cc4493 100644
--- a/bin/cp/cp.1
+++ b/bin/cp/cp.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)cp.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 23, 2002
+.Dd February 23, 2005
.Dt CP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ If
designates a directory,
.Nm
copies the directory and the entire subtree connected at that point.
+If the source_file ends in a
+.Pa / ,
+the contents of the directory are copied rather than the
+directory itself.
This option also causes symbolic links to be copied, rather than
indirected through, and for
.Nm