Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:38:14 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] adding two new options to 'cp' Message-ID: <200607311638.15298.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <17614.20892.315747.115331@bhuda.mired.org> References: <200607271150.k6RBoM9p031745@lurza.secnetix.de> <44CE4AD0.60409@centtech.com> <17614.20892.315747.115331@bhuda.mired.org>
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On Monday 31 July 2006 14:53, Mike Meyer wrote: > Which points up an obvious question: other than compatibility with > Linux, is there any reason this functionaly shouldn't be added to the > ln command instead? Umm, because ln doesn't copy hierarchies? Using that argument we'd remove support for hard-links from tar and cpio. I think cp -a is harmless (just as I use rsync -a all the time rather than rsync -rlptgoD) and cp -l is probably useful. Really, it is more intuitive to be able to copy a hierarchy using the 'copy' command (cp) directly rather than a convoluted pair of find | cpio. In this case I think you might be overly paranoid. :) -- John Baldwin
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