Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:07:01 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] adding two new options to 'cp' Message-ID: <ealuu3$6a8$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20060731213109.GA85795@megan.kiwi-computer.com> References: <44C8FB65.9020102@FreeBSD.org> <44CE03D2.2050803@centtech.com> <17614.4005.407223.621637@bhuda.mired.org> <44CE199C.2020500@centtech.com> <17614.8289.134373.387558@bhuda.mired.org> <96b30c400607310847s1d2f845eo212b234d03f51e9a@mail.gmail.com> <20060731172858.GA84042@megan.kiwi-computer.com> <44CE40EA.5080009@centtech.com> <20060731184454.GA84483@megan.kiwi-computer.com> <ealr31$q1b$1@sea.gmane.org> <20060731213109.GA85795@megan.kiwi-computer.com>
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Rick C. Petty wrote: > think that more BSD admins are so used to typing "cp -pR" than "cp -a". In Ah, but therein lies one of the points - Percentage of "BSD admins" vs "other-unix-like-systems admins" is slowly but steadily diminishing. In my (I'll admit - not so expansive) experience BSD admins tend to be older people who stick with what they know will work - vast majority of younger admins I know either personally or on the 'net generally know only Linux. Using common options help bring people over, and also saves trouble with porting shell script code :) > then save "-a" for something like ACLs. Does cp(1) properly handle ACLs > now anyway? It's a good point. I don't know if it works but ACLs should probably be handled by -p.
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