Re: [PATCH] adding two new options to 'cp'
- From: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:28:58 -0500
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 05:47:09PM +0200, Juan Rodriguez wrote:
My GNU version of "cp" has more than 18 options, the FreeBSD
version only has 9.
As I usually work with Linux machines, I'm used to "cp -a" and I have always
hated to have to look up in the FreeBSD's "cp" manual page for the right
options to get the same funtionality. I tend to think
that "-a" is option bloating because it's not really needed, but I see
"-l" as a new feature for "cp" that might be useful.
I agree, -a is bloat. However I don't understand why you say:
To sum it up, I think "cp -a" and "cp -l" are both useful,
I agree that the "-l" option *may* be useful.
the first one
because of compatibility with the large base of Linux systems out there, and
the second one because I think it's a useful feature for the FreeBSD "cp".
In both cases, why don't you just use:
/usr/compat/linux/bin/cp
If you're not going to add all 18 options to our cp, then -a shouldn't be
added at all. It doesn't provide any useful functionality, and the
argument to make it more compatible with Linux is silly unless you add the
other 9 options. If you want the linux cp, use the linux cp.
-- Rick C. Petty
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