Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 04:49:09 +0000 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Jordan DeLong <fracture@allusion.net> Subject: Re: bin/34744: Add -a (same as -PpR) flag to cp(1) Message-ID: <20020309044914.A6C6E3E2F@bazooka.trit.org> In-Reply-To: <200202090347.g193lXd55117@cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com>; from fracture@allusion.net on "Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:47:33 -0600 (CST)"
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Jordan DeLong <fracture@allusion.net> wrote:
>
> >Number: 34744
> >Category: bin
> >Synopsis: Add -a (same as -PpR) flag to cp(1)
> >Description:
> some other cp(1) implementations (such as GNU cp) provide a -a
> flag, which just means -PpR. somewhat useful.
Does anybody on -hackers object to this change? I find myself using
`cp -RPp` frequently and would welcome this shortcut. If nobody
objects, I'll clean up the patch (minor style and mdoc nits) before
committing.
Thanks.
> >Fix:
>
> diff -ruN cp.dist/cp.1 cp/cp.1
> --- cp.dist/cp.1 Thu Aug 16 05:01:03 2001
> +++ cp/cp.1 Fri Feb 8 21:44:40 2002
> @@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
> .Pp
> The following options are available:
> .Bl -tag -width flag
> +.It Fl a
> +Same as specifying the
> +.Fl R
> +.Fl P
> +and
> +.Fl p
> +flags.
> .It Fl H
> If the
> .Fl R
> @@ -226,7 +233,9 @@
> .Pp
> The
> .Fl v
> -option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended.
> +and
> +.Fl a
> +options are non-standard and use in scripts is not recommended.
> .Sh SEE ALSO
> .Xr mv 1 ,
> .Xr rcp 1 ,
> diff -ruN cp.dist/cp.c cp/cp.c
> --- cp.dist/cp.c Wed Jan 30 09:15:46 2002
> +++ cp/cp.c Fri Feb 8 21:43:28 2002
> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
> char *target;
>
> Hflag = Lflag = Pflag = 0;
> - while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "HLPRfiprv")) != -1)
> + while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "aHLPRfiprv")) != -1)
> switch (ch) {
> case 'H':
> Hflag = 1;
> @@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
> Lflag = 1;
> Hflag = Pflag = 0;
> break;
> + case 'a':
> + Rflag = 1;
> + pflag = 1;
> + /* FALLTHROUGH */
> case 'P':
> Pflag = 1;
> Hflag = Lflag = 0;
> diff -ruN cp.dist/utils.c cp/utils.c
> --- cp.dist/utils.c Wed Jan 30 09:15:46 2002
> +++ cp/utils.c Fri Feb 8 21:39:05 2002
> @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
> {
>
> (void)fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n",
> -"usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src target",
> -" cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory");
> +"usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-apv] src target",
> +" cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-apv] src1 ... srcN directory");
> exit(EX_USAGE);
> }
>
>
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