Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 10:18:38 -0700 From: current@freebsd.org To: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@poboxes.com> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp -u patch Message-ID: <20010507101838.A8945@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <lmobjeur.fsf@gits.dyndns.org>; from clefevre-lists@noos.fr on Sun, May 06, 2001 at 06:11:56AM %2B0200 References: <20010426222132.B55566@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <lmobjeur.fsf@gits.dyndns.org>
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On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 06:11:56AM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> > Question is, do we want to add this to our cp?
> please, what is the difference between this :
> > cp -Ruv mozilla mozilla-test
> and that :
> cd mozzila; find . | cpio -pdm ../mozzila-test
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
will be very messy. BTW, I don't consider my example contrived, I've
copied files like that before for backup purposes.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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