cp: odd behaviour; does not preserve symlink
Denys Vlasenko
vda.linux at googlemail.com
Sun Jul 5 10:50:24 UTC 2009
> > Yes. It's logical. cp *copies files*. IOW: it *creates a copy
> > of an existing file*. Copy of a file should be a file.
>
> Denys is on record as wanting the busybox copy command to work differently than
> the usual linux copy command, because he believes surprising developers with
> unexpected behavior somehow has security benefits.
>
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2008-March/064814.html
I am making it possible to have POSIX compliant cp.
Will be in 1.15.x.
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