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man: overwrite vs. override

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'overwrite' conveys the idea of the old text being destroyed.
'override' does not. It is more similar to 'overrule'.
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Michal Schmidt 2012-05-15 08:16:30 +02:00
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man/binfmt.d.xml
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@ -75,14 +75,14 @@
<para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
<filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override
files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite files with
Files in <filename>/run</filename> override files with
the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
<filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
administration, which possibly decides to override the
configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
directories they reside, to ensure that a specific

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man/modules-load.d.xml
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<para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
<filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override
files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite files with
Files in <filename>/run</filename> override files with
the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
<filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
administration, which possibly decides to override the
configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
directories they reside, to ensure that a specific

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man/systemctl.xml
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@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
<term><option>-f</option></term>
<listitem><para>When used with
<command>enable</command>, override any
<command>enable</command>, overwrite any
existing conflicting
symlinks.</para></listitem>