On Wed, Jan 01, 2020 at 09:31:29PM -0500, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote: > On Wed, Jan 01, 2020 at 09:15:14PM -0500, Ted Unangst wrote: > > Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote: > > > cp(1) uses -R for recursive copy. scp(1) uses -r. This diff adds -R as an > > > alias for -r to scp(1) for those assuming consistency with cp(1).
> > But it doesn't implement cp -R semantics. It does the copy the way cp -r > > does. > > (For symlinks, etc.) > According to cp(1), there *isn't* a -r. That's the whole reason I found it > odd we use the opposite flag for scp(1). I see, I had to be grubbing around in the STANDARDS section of the man page to know it exists. It also says I shouldn't use it. --Kurt
