No. If I make a file ee and eee is a hardlink to it, I get this:
elm:$ cp -la ee* /tmp cp: cannot create link `/tmp/ee': Invalid cross-device link cp: cannot create link `/tmp/eee': Invalid cross-device link elm:$ ll ee* -rw-rw-r-- 2 allen allen 902 Mar 23 19:49 ee -rw-rw-r- If I use "cp -a ee* /tmp" it creates two separate files. I ran into this when copying my hard drive to a new, bigger one. Lindsay On Sun, 7 May 2000, ktb wrote: > I just took another look at the manpage. Maybe you need to use the -l > option -- > > -l, --link > Make hard links instead of copies of non-directo > ries. > hth, > 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 > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E Debian Linux =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
