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 flag > 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 -- Henrik Brix Andersen <brix_at_FreeBSD.org>
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