[PATCH] adding two new options to 'cp'

[John Baldwin]

On Thursday 24 August 2006 16:45, Julian Elischer wrote:
> Eric Anderson wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >
> >
> Add an option to allow copying of a hierarchy while linking he regular 
> files.
> Bikeshedded to death on: hackers
> Submitted by:andersonatcenttech.com
> MFC in: 1 month

It was on my todo list as well.  I think I'll still add the -a option.

-- 
John Baldwin