Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 01:14:28 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net>, freebsd@FreeBSD.ORG, clefevre@poboxes.com, asmodai@wxs.nl, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cp -u patch Message-ID: <20010511011427.C11082@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200105090917.f499H3B36790@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 10:17:03AM %2B0100 References: <steveo@eircom.net> <200105090917.f499H3B36790@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > > Lets try another realistic example: > > > > > > cp -uvp ab* cde*.f* g? h/*.i? j/kl /m > > > What's the find | cpio invocation for that? When you come up with it, it > > > > echo ab* cde*.f* g? h/*.i? j/kl /m | cpio ... > > > > Messy - No, Portable - Yes. > > BZZZZT - wrong. cp flattens the hierarchy, cpio does not. I think > this was a trick question :*P Yes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010511011427.C11082>