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unclear wording on getfacl manpage (--all != ALL)


on the CYGWIN getfacl manpage, it has

  -a, --all
      display  the  filename, the owner, the group, and the ACL of the
      file

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But in the linux version it says:


   -a, --access
       Display the file access control list.

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The "--all" in the cygwin cygwin version sounds like it
should display all ACL-related entries, but it really only
displays the inode-specific acl on directories.

To display "all ACL-related entries", one uses no parameter.

The usage of "--all" to indicate the option "limits" output
to only the "inode-specific" part is confusing and unclear.





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