[PATCH] adding two new options to 'cp'

Eric Anderson anderson at centtech.com
Thu Aug 24 18:32:48 UTC 2006


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


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