From 1895d25c9bca0b78b86592f568710d8f45735f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:38:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update

---
 sponge.docbook | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sponge.docbook b/sponge.docbook
index 04447e3..ebdcdea 100644
--- a/sponge.docbook
+++ b/sponge.docbook
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ USA
 			the same file.</para>
 		<para>
 			It also creates the output file
-			atomically by renaming a temp file into place.
+			atomically by renaming a temp file into place,
+			and preserves the permissions of the output file
+			if it already exists.
 			If the output file is a special file or symlink,
 			the data will be written to it.</para>
 		<para>If no output file is specified, sponge outputs to
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2.39.5