Re: cp -n diff

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 08:02:15AM -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
 > > However, I also don't see any significant difference between this
 > > proposed -n flag, and the -l flag that was added to cp a couple of
 > > months ago.
 > 
 > The main difference is that -l doesn't quite duplicate functionality in
 > the base system.  Pax comes close but is not quite the same.  Check the
 > archives for the end of that discussion.  It has to do with the way
 > symlinks are handled.

If that functionality is useful, it should appear as ln -R, not in cp.
IMO anyway.

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David A. Holland
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