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Clarify a sentence about the error handling of cp(1)'s -p option. 

Addresses PR bin/40336.
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gutteridge 2018-12-23 01:29:23 +00:00
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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $NetBSD: cp.1,v 1.45 2016/08/11 00:17:23 sevan Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: cp.1,v 1.46 2018/12/23 01:29:23 gutteridge Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)cp.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
.\"
.Dd August 11, 2016
.Dd December 22, 2018
.Dt CP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ to preserve in the copy as many of the modification time, access time,
file flags, file mode, user ID, group ID, and extended attributes,
as allowed by permissions.
.Pp
If the user ID and group ID cannot be preserved, no error message
is displayed and the exit value is not altered.
If the user ID and group ID cannot be preserved due to insufficient
permissions, no error message is displayed and the exit value is not
altered.
.Pp
If the source file has its set user ID bit on and the user ID cannot
be preserved, the set user ID bit is not preserved