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Date:      Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:37:40 -0500
From:      Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/bin/cp cp.1 cp.c utils.c
Message-ID:  <47D67D14.8010106@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200803101747.51354.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200803101958.m2AJwfmm037050@repoman.freebsd.org>	<20080310.144327.-856141340.imp@bsdimp.com> <200803101747.51354.jhb@freebsd.org>

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John Baldwin wrote:
> On Monday 10 March 2008 04:43:27 pm M. Warner Losh wrote:
>> In message: <200803101958.m2AJwfmm037050@repoman.freebsd.org>
>>             John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>> : jhb         2008-03-10 19:58:41 UTC
>> : 
>> :   FreeBSD src repository
>> : 
>> :   Modified files:
>> :     bin/cp               cp.1 cp.c utils.c 
>> :   Log:
>> :   Add an '-a' option which is identical to specifying '-RpP' for
>> :   compatibility with other implementations.
>> :   
>> :   MFC after:      1 month
>>
>> Submitted by: David Frascone at Cisco
>>
>> right?
> 
> Don't think so.  I've had this patch for almost 2 years now on my laptop from 
> the first time this came up (back when -l was added IIRC).  The recent thread 
> just reminded me to commit it. :)  The recent thread also had a patch that 
> used -rpP whereas -RpP is more correct IMO.
> 

Thanks John for committing this!!  This makes life easier for rsnapshot 
users too.


Eric

p.s. - I think I was the original submitter along with the -l patch.





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