cp: odd behaviour; does not preserve symlink

[Rob Landley]

On Sunday 05 July 2009 05:50:24 Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > > 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.

Cool!

Rob
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