Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:14:41 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Tom Munro Glass <gentoo@tmgcon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp options Message-ID: <20040227121441.GE46716@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200402271712.25786.gentoo@tmgcon.com> References: <200402271712.25786.gentoo@tmgcon.com>
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On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 05:12:24PM +1300, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
> Linux cp has a --link option that makes hard links instead of copies of=
=20
> non-directories. The FreeBSD cp doesn't appear to have that option.
>=20
> Is there a way of achieving this?
Yes. Use find(1)/cpio(1) -- so, to create a 'link tree' of your entire home
directory under /tmp, you would do:
% cd ${HOME}
% find . -print | cpio -pvdl /tmp
That assumes that ${HOME} and /tmp are on the same device, which is
probably not true, but you get the general idea.
Cheers,
Matthew
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