From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 12 02:23:48 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 6E27516A417 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:23:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from ns.trinitel.com (186.161.36.72.static.reverse.ltdomains.com [72.36.161.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C3613C467 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:23:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from proton.local (r74-193-81-203.pfvlcmta01.grtntx.tl.dh.suddenlink.net [74.193.81.203]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns.trinitel.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m1C2NiR5022019 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:23:46 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <47B1032A.2070208@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:23:38 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <681a18e40802111347i3c23c34cve3c1d08b2eaeff0f@mail.gmail.com> <20080211230115.GC45014@tirith.brixandersen.dk> In-Reply-To: <20080211230115.GC45014@tirith.brixandersen.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=failed version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ns.trinitel.com 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: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:23:48 -0000 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