On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Fredrik Lundh <fred...@pythonware.com>wrote:
   ...

> $ cp --help
> ...
> Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
> ...
> Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
>  -a, --archive                same as -dpR
> ...
>  -l, --link                   link files instead of copying
>
> Sounds like you need to upgrade to a real OS ;-)


if you want the feature-laden gnu-style version of basic utilities, instead
of the simpler unix-style one that MacOSX (and most all BSDs, OpenSolaris,
etc) come with, it's typically simple to download and install the gnu-style
one; on MacOSX, the simplest way is probably via
http://coreutils.darwinports.com/ .


Alex
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