On 14-05-28 12:28:31, Joachim Backes wrote: > On 05/28/2014 06:19 PM, Tony Nelson wrote: > > On 14-05-28 12:09:15, Joachim Backes wrote: ... > >> I think the Option "-P" will do it. > > > > -a does it, but diff is complaining that the links are broken. > > In my case, /bin/acroread -> /opt/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread. > > > > Are you sure? I did the following: > > > backes@eule [~]: mkdir aaaaa > backes@eule [~]: cd aaaaa > backes@eule [~/aaaaa]: ln -s ~ l > backes@eule [~/aaaaa]: cd .. > backes@eule [~]: cp -rP aaaaa bbbbb/ > backes@eule [~]: ls -l bbbbb > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 backes backes 12 May 28 18:26 l -> /home/backes > > (r is used for recursivity) > > So "-P" will do it :-) -a includes -P, so copying symlinks is not his problem. His problem is that the links are broken, as reported by diff. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org