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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: equivalent to linux cp -al
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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