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authordtucker@openbsd.org <dtucker@openbsd.org>2021-09-10 07:11:11 +0000
committerDarren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net>2021-09-10 20:34:09 +1000
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parentb344db7a413478e4c21e4cadba4a970ad3e6128a (diff)
downloadopenssh-git-1d47e28e407d1f95fdf8f799be23f48dcfa5206b.tar.gz
upstream: Clarify which file's attributes -p preserves, and that
it's specifically the file mode bits. bz#3340 from calestyo at scientia.net, ok djm@ jmc@ OpenBSD-Commit-ID: f09e6098ed1c4be00c730873049825f8ee7cb884
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diff --git a/scp.1 b/scp.1
index 90b1d1dc..8234ddf9 100644
--- a/scp.1
+++ b/scp.1
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
.\"
.\" Created: Sun May 7 00:14:37 1995 ylo
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.102 2021/09/09 06:17:39 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: scp.1,v 1.103 2021/09/10 07:11:11 dtucker Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 9 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 10 2021 $
.Dt SCP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ Note that this option is written with a capital
.Sq P ,
because
.Fl p
-is already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file.
+is already reserved for preserving the times and mode bits of the file.
.It Fl p
-Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
-original file.
+Preserves modification times, access times, and file mode bits from the
+source file.
.It Fl q
Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic
messages from