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| author | Judd Vinet <judd@archlinux.org> | 2002-04-03 10:40:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Judd Vinet <judd@archlinux.org> | 2002-04-03 10:40:12 +0200 |
| commit | b656d1fe59b5f3d1903cde136a04499a7b419997 (patch) | |
| tree | a5006172c4ae199b6f9dacdc25ba21c197493c60 /pacman.8.in | |
| parent | 931506031bbf51051200b67f096fe02620e6fbf5 (diff) | |
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Imported from pacman-1.21.tar.gz
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diff --git a/pacman.8.in b/pacman.8.in index 86783836..c4d0d2c9 100644 --- a/pacman.8.in +++ b/pacman.8.in @@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ This option should be used with care, preferably not at all. .TP .B "\-n, \-\-nosave" Instructs pacman to ignore file backup designations. Normally, when -a file is about to be removed from the system, the database is first -checked to see if the file should be renamed to a .save extension +a file is about to be \fIremoved\fP from the system the database is first +checked to see if the file should be renamed to a .pacsave extension (indicated by a '\fB*\fP' prefix in the pacman database). The \fB--nosave\fP -will turn off all file backups. +will turn off these file backups. Normally, when a file is about to be \fIadded\fP +or \fIupgraded\fP and a starred file already exists, pacman will write +the new file to a .pacnew extension and keep the old one in place. In this +case, \fB--nosave\fP instructs pacman to overwrite the existing file. .TP .B "\-r, \-\-root <path>" Specify alternative installation root (default is "/"). This |