(usage): Describe -D.

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Jim Meyering
1998-01-10 15:03:58 +00:00
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@@ -695,13 +695,16 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST (1st format)\n\
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program_name, program_name, program_name);
printf (_("\
In first two formats, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to\n\
DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group. In third\n\
format, make all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).\n\
In the first two formats, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to\n\
the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group.\n\
In the third format, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).\n\
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-b, --backup make backup before removal\n\
-c (ignored)\n\
-d, --directory create [leading] directories, mandatory for 3rd format\n\
-d, --directory treat all arguments as directory names; create all\n\
components of the specified directories\n\
-D create all leading components of DEST except the last,\n\
then copy SOURCE to DEST; useful in the 1st format\n\
-g, --group=GROUP set group ownership, instead of process' current group\n\
-m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x\n\
-o, --owner=OWNER set ownership (super-user only)\n\