Re: cp command
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Bob Clark wrote:
> Syd Alsobrook wrote:
> > Really easy
> > The best way to copy a directory tree from one drive to another is
> > cp -pr /usr /hd
> Hmm... The _best_ way? I not so sure. Like most things in
> *nix where there are lots of ways to get the job done there
> is usually not a _best_ way. A major problem with cp -pr is
> that linked-files, both hard and soft, are broken and all
> links are copied individually as regular files. This can
> cause MAJOR problems as well as consuming more disk space.
Try: cp -a /usr /hd
where -a stands for --archive. It *does* preserve links! ^_^
(According to cp --help, it says -a is equivalent to -dpR)
Anthony
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