The experience I've had with copying large amounts of info with 'cp -a' is limited to copying a "personal disto" I built from source code. I didn't make any hard links, all soft, so I really can't say. I will post this to the user's group. Maybe someone will pick up on it. kent
Lindsay Allen wrote: > > For me "cp -a" does not handle hard links correctly. It creates two > distinct files. Does it work for you? > > Lindsay > > On Sun, 7 May 2000, ktb wrote: > > > Just being nit picky:) 'cp -a' is sufficient -a contains -R > > from the man page -- > > > > -a, --archive > > Preserve as much as possible of the structure and > > attributes of the original files in the copy. The > > same as -dpR. > > > > hth, > > kent > > > >
