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Date:      Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:23:38 -0600
From:      Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Small patch to add -a to cp
Message-ID:  <47B1032A.2070208@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080211230115.GC45014@tirith.brixandersen.dk>
References:  <681a18e40802111347i3c23c34cve3c1d08b2eaeff0f@mail.gmail.com> <20080211230115.GC45014@tirith.brixandersen.dk>

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Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> 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 flag
>> 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


I think it's great.  Actually, I did the same about 1.5 yrs ago (see 
here: 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2006-August/017540.html 
), and the -a option got shot down.

I hope you have more luck! :)

Eric




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