Re: Small patch to add -a to cp

From: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:15 +0100
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
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Henrik Brix Andersen <brix_at_FreeBSD.org>

Received on Mon Feb 11 2008 - 22:01:19 UTC

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