summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorvincentdarley <vincentdarley>2004-01-29 10:28:18 (GMT)
committervincentdarley <vincentdarley>2004-01-29 10:28:18 (GMT)
commitf5c319ed1e839e9256fcad85b69c4fde1d5d7c97 (patch)
treebc4f25a47a8614d6ef6beed61ae233eb487c80df /doc
parent6d7cd4ec5de7d8e50e829fb37492ab7ca3a2f43a (diff)
downloadtcl-f5c319ed1e839e9256fcad85b69c4fde1d5d7c97.zip
tcl-f5c319ed1e839e9256fcad85b69c4fde1d5d7c97.tar.gz
tcl-f5c319ed1e839e9256fcad85b69c4fde1d5d7c97.tar.bz2
filesystem fixes for '-force' consistency and picky compilers
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/file.n8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/file.n b/doc/file.n
index c6ac014..80294b2 100644
--- a/doc/file.n
+++ b/doc/file.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: file.n,v 1.28 2004/01/26 13:33:59 vincentdarley Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: file.n,v 1.29 2004/01/29 10:28:20 vincentdarley Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH file n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -103,11 +103,13 @@ then the second form is used. The second form makes a copy inside
\fItargetDir\fR of each \fIsource\fR file listed. If a directory is
specified as a \fIsource\fR, then the contents of the directory will be
recursively copied into \fItargetDir\fR. Existing files will not be
-overwritten unless the \fB\-force\fR option is specified. When copying
+overwritten unless the \fB\-force\fR option is specified (when Tcl will
+also attempt to adjust permissions on the destination file or directory
+if that is necessary to allow the copy to proceed). When copying
within a single filesystem, \fIfile copy\fR will copy soft links (i.e.
the links themselves are copied, not the things they point to). Trying
to overwrite a non-empty directory, overwrite a directory with a file,
-or a file with a directory will all result in errors even if
+or overwrite a file with a directory will all result in errors even if
\fI\-force\fR was specified. Arguments are processed in the order
specified, halting at the first error, if any. A \fB\-\|\-\fR marks
the end of switches; the argument following the \fB\-\|\-\fR will be