From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 11 23:01:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6A616A417 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:01:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brix@FreeBSD.org) Received: from solow.pil.dk (relay.pil.dk [195.41.47.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1449013C4E3 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:01:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brix@FreeBSD.org) Received: from tirith.brixandersen.dk (0x55534f5f.adsl.cybercity.dk [85.83.79.95]) by solow.pil.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A842B1CC0CE for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:16 +0100 (CET) Received: by tirith.brixandersen.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DBF1411436; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:15 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:15 +0100 From: Henrik Brix Andersen To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080211230115.GC45014@tirith.brixandersen.dk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <681a18e40802111347i3c23c34cve3c1d08b2eaeff0f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <681a18e40802111347i3c23c34cve3c1d08b2eaeff0f@mail.gmail.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.brixandersen.dk/files/HenrikBrixAndersen.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Subject: Re: Small patch to add -a to cp X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:01:19 -0000 --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 04:47:44PM -0500, David Frascone wrote: > This small patch adds the -a (archive) flag to cp. Personally, I use cp = -a > all the time, and I miss it on BSD. This makes cp share the common -a fl= ag > with rsync and other file manipulation utilities. I, for one, would welcome this addition - I often find myself typing 'cp -a' only to get an error message and then find myself having to look up the correct combination of arguments to achieve the intended functionality. Brix --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iEYEARECAAYFAkew07sACgkQv+Q4flTiePiHigCfSjC5lRoh9fSD6p2PO3V1l1Mr CVMAoJosZXHdFSUUaULxb6Wsd6Z0Wp8E =NQOx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M--