> > Do we know why the '-L' option is used once? > > "cp -L$OPT devel/sage-main "$TMP"/devel/sage-main" > > I read the POSIX standard, and although this is a required option, I can't > really work out exactly what the option is supposed to do. To quote from the > 2004 standard: > > ---------------------------- > "-L > Take actions based on the type and contents of the file referenced by any > symbolic link specified as a source_file operand or any symbolic links > encountered during traversal of a file hierarchy." > ----------------------------- > > I do not know exactly that action it is supposed to take though! >
If it helps, my cp reports: -L, --dereference always follow symbolic links in SOURCE This at least makes more sense. I don't know if it is needed in the specific case. This is with cp (GNU coreutils) 7.4. Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
