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@@ -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 |