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@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ Do not extract modification time.
By default, the modification time is set to the time stored in the archive.
.It Fl Fl mac-metadata
(c, r, u and x mode only)
-Mac OS X specific. Archive or extract extended ACLs and extended attributes
-using
+Mac OS X specific. Archive or extract extended ACLs and extended file
+attributes using
.Xr copyfile 3
in AppleDouble format. This is the reverse of
.Fl Fl no-mac-metadata .
@@ -446,14 +446,15 @@ and the default behavior if
is run as non-root in x mode (on Mac OS X as any user in c, r, u and x modes).
.It Fl Fl no-fflags
(c, r, u, x modes only)
-Do not archive or extract file flags. This is the reverse of
+Do not archive or extract file artributes or file flags. This is the reverse of
.Fl Fl fflags
and the default behavior if
.Nm
is run as non-root in x mode.
.It Fl Fl no-mac-metadata
(x mode only)
-Mac OS X specific. Do not archive or extract ACLs and extended attributes using
+Mac OS X specific. Do not archive or extract ACLs and extended file attributes
+using
.Xr copyfile 3
in AppleDouble format. This is the reverse of
.Fl Fl mac-metadata .
@@ -470,8 +471,8 @@ and the default behavior if
is run as non-root.
.It Fl Fl no-same-permissions
(x mode only)
-Do not extract full permissions (SGID, SUID, sticky bit, ACLs,
-extended attributes or extended file flags).
+Do not extract full permissions (SGID, SUID, sticky bit,
+file attributes or file flags, extended file attributes and ACLs).
This is the reverse of
.Fl p
and the default behavior if
@@ -479,7 +480,7 @@ and the default behavior if
is run as non-root.
.It Fl Fl no-xattrs
(c, r, u, x modes only)
-Do not archive or extract extended attributes. This is the reverse of
+Do not archive or extract extended file attributes. This is the reverse of
.Fl Fl xattrs
and the default behavior if
.Nm
@@ -667,8 +668,8 @@ This option suppresses these behaviors.
.It Fl p , Fl Fl insecure , Fl Fl preserve-permissions
(x mode only)
Preserve file permissions.
-Attempt to restore the full permissions, including file modes, ACLs,
-extended attributes and extended file flags, if available, for each item
+Attempt to restore the full permissions, including file modes, file attributes
+or file flags, extended file attributes and ACLs, if available, for each item
extracted from the archive. This is the reverse of
.Fl Fl no-same-permissions
and the default if
@@ -844,7 +845,7 @@ See
for more information about the handling of exclusions.
.It Fl Fl xattrs
(c, r, u, x modes only)
-Archive or extract extended attributes. This is the reverse of
+Archive or extract extended file attributes. This is the reverse of
.Fl Fl no-xattrs
and the default behavior in c, r, and u modes or if
.Nm