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authorDag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>2026-07-23 06:21:08 +0000
committerDag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>2026-07-23 06:21:08 +0000
commit5dc400ff452b0259f0c50474255ebe6e5e02edb9 (patch)
treee340f5c214a6283f4385916588d0d0c02d5d391a
parent4627fe9e5afc0dce4469f5964f5d4b0e49a24274 (diff)
cp: Correct description of SIGINFO
The manual page claimed that SIGINFO caused information to be printed to stdout, when in fact it is printed to stderr, as one would expect. This has been true ever since the feature was first added in 2003. MFC after: 1 week Fixes: 00d321a2b395 ("Add a SIGINFO handler.") Reviewed by: jilles Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58392
-rw-r--r--bin/cp/cp.14
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/cp/cp.1 b/bin/cp/cp.1
index e31eb07ecd92..cb3728113c91 100644
--- a/bin/cp/cp.1
+++ b/bin/cp/cp.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd June 9, 2026
+.Dd July 22, 2026
.Dt CP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ receives a
argument for
.Xr stty 1 )
signal, the current input and output file and the percentage complete
-will be written to the standard output.
+will be written to the standard error output.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES