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Joerg Schilling wrote: |
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> Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> Joerg.Schilling@××××××××××××××××.de (Joerg Schilling) writes: |
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>>> "cp" neither has a "-a" nor a "-x" option. Are you talking abut "gcp"? |
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>> yes it does |
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> See below.... |
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>> cp --help |
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>> Usage: cp [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST |
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>> or: cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY |
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> So you are definitely not talking about "cp" but about "gcp" ;-) |
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> BTW: if you like star not to cross filesystem boundaries, add -M. |
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> Jörg |
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I jusr recently copied my system using cp -av and it does have a -a |
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option. It's in my man page as well. I have not even heard of gcp so I |
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don't think I have ever used it. |
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From the man page: |
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CP(1) User |
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Commands CP(1) |
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NAME |
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cp - copy files and directories |
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SYNOPSIS |
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cp [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST |
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cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY |
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cp [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE... |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. |
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short |
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options too. |
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-a, --archive |
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same as -dpR |
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and the list goes on. It's there, I just used it the other day and it |
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works. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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