On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Paul Eggert wrote: >The GNU documentation says that "-a" implies "--preserve=links" and >that "--preserve-links" means "Preserve in the destination files any >links between corresponding source files."
It also implies -R; should this patch cover that flag in isolation, or only when accompanied by -d/--preserve=link? If -R alone doesn't trigger the unlink, then we're still at the mercy of the filesystem and the order it stores directory entries. Cheers, Phil _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
