On Sun, 2018-03-11 at 19:59 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: > 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. The original version of 'cp' (by which I mean the version going back to the early days of Unix) didn't have any options. It simply copied the file contents to a different file. There was no question of using links, hard or soft (in fact symbolic links hadn't been invented). poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
