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Re: diff manual misses -P
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: diff manual misses -P |
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Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:06:50 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Jan Engelhardt <address@hidden> writes:
> both manual and info pages of "diff" lack the -P option.
That is on purpose. The meaning of -P option may change in the
future, for compatibility with other programs that deal with symbolic
links. Portable applications should use --unidirectional-new-file,
instead of relying on the old, undocumented -P option.