Re: Order of files with 'cp'

From: Brian Candler <B.Candler_at_pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:36:16 +0000
> This just adds a -o flag to cp, which preserves order.

Hmm, that's another solution that I hadn't thought of.

Advantages: simple to implement. (Even simpler if you use the ?: operator).

Disadvantages: it's still strange that the default behaviour is to copy the
files in an arbitary shuffled order. The manpage will need updating to
document the -o flag, and hence will have to explain the strangeness.
Commands arguably have too many flags already.

Regards,

Brian.
Received on Fri Nov 18 2005 - 14:36:19 UTC

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