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Date:      Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:14:22 -0500
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Matias Surdi <matiassurdi@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: equivalent to linux cp -al
Message-ID:  <43F88B4E.4010104@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <dta136$h4i$2@sea.gmane.org>
References:  <dta136$h4i$2@sea.gmane.org>

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Matias Surdi wrote:
> I've a script on a linux box wich makes backups, it uses the "cp -al"
> command to make hard links and preserve atributes.
> 
> Is there an equivalent on FreeBSD?

"cp -p" comes reasonably close, but will duplicate files rather than creating
hard links.  If you need to preserve hard links, consider using tar or maybe
rsync to do the copying instead.

-- 
-Chuck



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