cp -WUT?

Jan 08, 2008 21:01

Note that cp copies hard linked files as separate files. If you need to preserve hard links, consider using tar(1), cpio(1), or pax(1) instead.

... not to mention:

#cp -a sausedir dest
cp: illegal option -- a

LOLWUT? no support for -a?!?

Isn't support -a being a normal thing from like, last century? Jesus, this is just barbaric. What, am I supposed to feel good about having to keep my unix jedi skills sharp by crafting up tar pipes just to copy a directory accurately from the command line?

Now I know what BSD really stands for in MacOSX: Bull Shit Directives.

tar -cf - Original | tar -C Destination -xf -
it is then ...
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