Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:15 +0100 From: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small patch to add -a to cp Message-ID: <20080211230115.GC45014@tirith.brixandersen.dk> In-Reply-To: <681a18e40802111347i3c23c34cve3c1d08b2eaeff0f@mail.gmail.com> References: <681a18e40802111347i3c23c34cve3c1d08b2eaeff0f@mail.gmail.com>
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--DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 fl= ag > 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 --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iEYEARECAAYFAkew07sACgkQv+Q4flTiePiHigCfSjC5lRoh9fSD6p2PO3V1l1Mr CVMAoJosZXHdFSUUaULxb6Wsd6Z0Wp8E =NQOx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M--
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