Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 01:59:35 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Jordan DeLong <fracture@allusion.net> Subject: Re: bin/34744: Add -a (same as -PpR) flag to cp(1) Message-ID: <20020309015935.A65349@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020309044914.A6C6E3E2F@bazooka.trit.org>; from dima@trit.org on Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 04:49:09AM %2B0000 References: <200202090347.g193lXd55117@cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com> <20020309044914.A6C6E3E2F@bazooka.trit.org>
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On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 04:49:09AM +0000, Dima Dorfman wrote: > 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 I just see no need in this shortcut. When I added -v (yes, not POSUCKS), there was no other way to get that functionality. Here someone is just too lazy to type on extra keystroke (-P is the default). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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