Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-25 17:31]: >> I wonder if cp -rfL could handle symlinks to directories better than >> it currently does. > > Paul, Jim, any comments regarding this posting? > > full messag was at: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-01/msg00169.html
This change from a few days ago: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-02/msg00020.html> NEWS: When `cp -RL' encounters the same directory more than once in the hierarchy beneath a single command-line argument, it no longer confuses them with hard-linked directories. makes it so the use of cp in your example no longer fails. Now, it does this: $ ./cp -rfL a b $ find b b b/a b/a/b b/a/a If you also want hard links, then will --link (-l) help? _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
