[BusyBox] cp -d support

Erik Andersen andersen at lineo.com
Fri Apr 20 18:52:09 UTC 2001


On Fri Apr 20, 2001 at 11:40:05AM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I'm rewriting cp.  I've pretty much finished, except for the -d
> option.  Do people actually use this?  If you use -a, you use it
> indirectly.  Speak now, or forever hold your peace (piece?).  For
> those who don't know (I didn't), -d copies symlinks themselves
> rather than the thing linked to.

I just use 'cp -a' when I want to do that...

BTW, are you splitting cp and mv apart?

 -Erik

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