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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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