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Date:      Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:48:30 -0800 (PST)
From:      Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org>
To:        smckay@internode.on.net
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system 
Message-ID:  <200503301848.j2UImUww000831@gw.catspoiler.org>
In-Reply-To: <200503301139.j2UBdMp5016442@dungeon.home>

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On 30 Mar, Stephen McKay wrote:

> PPS Who's for adding a "cp -h" option to copy preserving hard links?

Sounds good to me.

BTW, I've always liked the GNU cp "-a" option, though I seem to recall
that it has the possible misfeature of attempting to preserve the file
ownership.  This can be inconvenient when run by root if the system
allows users to give file ownership away.



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