Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:47:33 -0600 (CST) From: Jordan DeLong <fracture@allusion.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/34744: Add -a (same as -PpR) flag to cp(1) Message-ID: <200202090347.g193lXd55117@cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com>
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>Number: 34744
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Add -a (same as -PpR) flag to cp(1)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Feb 08 19:50:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jordan DeLong
>Release: FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD cs6668125-184 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 30 22:37:07 CST 2002 fracture@cs6668125-184:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HOBOIV i386
>Description:
some other cp(1) implementations (such as GNU cp) provide a -a
flag, which just means -PpR. somewhat useful.
>How-To-Repeat:
the diff is against the 4.5-RELEASE cp(1) source.
>Fix:
diff -ruN cp.dist/cp.1 cp/cp.1
--- cp.dist/cp.1 Thu Aug 16 05:01:03 2001
+++ cp/cp.1 Fri Feb 8 21:44:40 2002
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width flag
+.It Fl a
+Same as specifying the
+.Fl R
+.Fl P
+and
+.Fl p
+flags.
.It Fl H
If the
.Fl R
@@ -226,7 +233,9 @@
.Pp
The
.Fl v
-option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended.
+and
+.Fl a
+options are non-standard and use in scripts is not recommended.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mv 1 ,
.Xr rcp 1 ,
diff -ruN cp.dist/cp.c cp/cp.c
--- cp.dist/cp.c Wed Jan 30 09:15:46 2002
+++ cp/cp.c Fri Feb 8 21:43:28 2002
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
char *target;
Hflag = Lflag = Pflag = 0;
- while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "HLPRfiprv")) != -1)
+ while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "aHLPRfiprv")) != -1)
switch (ch) {
case 'H':
Hflag = 1;
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
Lflag = 1;
Hflag = Pflag = 0;
break;
+ case 'a':
+ Rflag = 1;
+ pflag = 1;
+ /* FALLTHROUGH */
case 'P':
Pflag = 1;
Hflag = Lflag = 0;
diff -ruN cp.dist/utils.c cp/utils.c
--- cp.dist/utils.c Wed Jan 30 09:15:46 2002
+++ cp/utils.c Fri Feb 8 21:39:05 2002
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
{
(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n",
-"usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src target",
-" cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory");
+"usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-apv] src target",
+" cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-apv] src1 ... srcN directory");
exit(EX_USAGE);
}
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