Re: diff manual misses -P

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> 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.

Then mention this, that -P is "unused" :)


Jan Engelhardt
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