Re: Order of files with 'cp'

From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:45:22 +1100
On Fri, 2005-Nov-18 15:50:53 +0100, Mario Hoerich wrote:
>This just adds a -o flag to cp, which preserves order.

I think that's overkill.  IMHO, cp should just copy files in the order
specified on the command line (or directory order for recursive copies).
For most purposes, the order is irrelevant.  In cases where it is
relevant, the caller has a better idea of what order they want and can
juggle the command line to suit.

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Peter Jeremy
Received on Sat Nov 19 2005 - 02:45:26 UTC

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