[PATCH] adding two new options to 'cp'

[Julian Elischer]

Eric Anderson wrote:

> On 08/20/06 04:21, Mike Silbersack wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Eric Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> I'm tired of trying to use rsync or gcp (which doesn't like symlinks 
>>> often) to copy trees of files/directories using hard links, so I 
>>> added the gcp-ish options -a and -l.
>>
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> Comments? Flames? Committers willing to commit?
>>>
>>> Eric
>>
>>
>> Having just read this thread start to finish, I strongly feel that 
>> Eric should be given an award for putting up with all the crap he was 
>> given and not losing his temper.
>>
>> In sincerely hope that this thread does not scare off others who have 
>> local patches that they are considering contributing to FreeBSD.
>>
>> Mike "Silby" Silbersack
>
>
>
> Alas, no parts of my patch ever were committed. :(
>
> *sigh* - off to other hacking..
>
> Eric
>
>
Add an option to allow copying of a hierarchy while linking he regular 
files.
Bikeshedded to death on: hackers
Submitted by:andersonatcenttech.com
MFC in: 1 month
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