On 11/3/18 1:09 pm, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/11/18 09:24, Stephen Morris wrote:
I can't find the documentation any more, but I have found documentation on how to
use copy the create the target as a hard link or as a soft link. It is possible I
have incorrectly remembered what I had read, or it is possible over time that the
standard copy functionality has changed and now you have to explicitly specify that
you want that functionality.
From "man cp"
-l, --link
hard link files instead of copying
-s, --symbolic-link
make symbolic links instead of copying
[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ ll -i source
11574505 -rw-rw-r--. 1 egreshko egreshko 14 Mar 11 10:06 source
[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ cp -s source source-s
[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ ll -i source*
11574505 -rw-rw-r--. 1 egreshko egreshko 14 Mar 11 10:06 source
11573763 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 egreshko egreshko 6 Mar 11 10:07 source-s -> source
[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ cp -l source source-h
[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ ll -i source*
11574505 -rw-rw-r--. 2 egreshko egreshko 14 Mar 11 10:06 source
11574505 -rw-rw-r--. 2 egreshko egreshko 14 Mar 11 10:06 source-h
11573763 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 egreshko egreshko 6 Mar 11 10:07 source-s -> source
So, this is probably what you're recalling
It could be Ed, I remember the documentation differently, so I could be
not remembering it correctly, so I'll keep quiet now.
regards,
Steve
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